• Iberville Offsites

    Turning blight into beauty
    Iberville Offsites provides affordable housing for moderate-income families, establishes new standards for green historic preservation, and strengthens a city still climbing back from one of the nation’s worst natural disasters. The development restored vernacular houses in stunning fashion across...Read more

  • Westlawn Gardens

    Transforming ‘barracks’ into a neighborhood
    Born as a public housing tract on Milwaukee’s northwest side, Westlawn was originally developed in the 1950s to provide affordable dwellings for families. Referred to as “barracks housing,” the site’s buildings were inefficient, undersized for many families in need, and isolated residents from...Read more

  • Highlands Garden Village

    A diverse new neighborhood in the heart of the city
    For a century, the 27-acre Elitch Gardens amusement park was an exciting destination for Denver, CO—until the facility moved in the 1990s. Luckily for residents, developers Perry Rose built an amazingly diverse neighborhood called Highlands Garden Village amidst the northwest Denver bungalows. An...Read more

  • Martin Luther King Plaza

    The neighborhood model of public housing
    The Hawthorne neighborhood in Philadelphia has come back to life—catalyzed by Martin Luther King Plaza, the redevelopment of a former high-rise public housing project. "The area is more comfortable. It's beautiful because everyone is trying to get along and everything,” long-time resident Tom...Read more