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WBFO-FM reports on the ongoing debate on where to locate a new train station in Buffalo. The report mentions Robert Shibley, dean of the School of Architecture and Planning, who is facilitating the station planning committee’s discussions.

An article in the Pittsburgh Tribune reports on “A Second Home,” an architectural wonderland created by Dennis Maher, clinical assistant professor of architecture in the School of Architecture and Planning, that re-imagines the environment as a house and is on display in a row house owned by the Mattress Factory in Pittsburgh. “Houses are magical spaces, activated by memories, dreams and desires,” he said. “For this project, I wanted to intensify the house's real and fictitious attributes, promoting the discovery of its many mysterious pieces and layers.”

An article in the Christian Science Monitor about preliminary budget documents that suggest the Trump administration is considering cutting $6 billion in funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development interviews Robert Silverman, professor of urban and regional planning in the UB School of Architecture and Planning, who said there has been longtime bipartisan support for many of HUD’s programs and part of that is pragmatic. “I wouldn’t imagine that there would be broad-based support in Congress for just cutting the budget drastically,” he said. “Every Congressman has constituents that they’re trying to maintain their level of funding for.” The article also appeared on Yahoo News.An article in Washington Monthly about the decline in the number of black-owned businesses and what it means to American democracy reports many in the beauty and hair care industry were acquired by white-owned businesses and quotes Robert Silverman, professor of urban and regional planning. Funds that once were channeled into research and development for black-owned businesses now were accrued as profits by the larger firms, he said.

Rob Silverman, professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Development, co-authored the article “Affordable housing hard to solve in Nashville” in The Tennessean. “What is happening in Nashville is a combination of government and market failure,” according to the article. “Like most cities, Nashville leaders have pursued an urban growth strategy without adequate safeguards, like inclusionary zoning and other set-asides for affordable housing.”

An article in Washington Monthly about the decline in the number of black-owned businesses and what it means to American democracy reports many in the beauty and hair care industry were acquired by white-owned businesses and quotes Robert Silverman, professor of urban and regional planning. Funds that once were channeled into research and development for black-owned businesses now were accrued as profits by the larger firms, he said.

An article about the architecture and history of the Market Arcade at Main and Washington streets in Buffalo looks at the role the UB School of Architecture and Planning played in its redevelopment in the 1970s, and quotes Harold Cohen, dean emeritus of the School of Architecture and Planning. “When we looked at what was there, the arcade was flooded in the basement, the beams were rotted and the roof had a big hole in it,” he said. The article notes that under Cohen’s direction, UB students and others were hired to work on the building and help restore its condition.

An article about the architecture and history of the Market Arcade at Main and Washington streets in Buffalo looks at the role the UB School of Architecture and Planning played in its redevelopment in the 1970s, and quotes Harold Cohen, dean emeritus of the School of Architecture and Planning. “When we looked at what was there, the arcade was flooded in the basement, the beams were rotted and the roof had a big hole in it,” he said. The article notes that under Cohen’s direction, UB students and others were hired to work on the building and help restore its condition.