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University of Texas – Pan American Campus Master Plan
Connecting Town and Gown to Build Prosperity and HealthThis master plan, designed for the University of Texas-Pan American, is far more ambitious than the typical campus plan. It creates a framework to build community prosperity, educate global citizens, and promote healthy living in the Rio Grande Valley, all while increasing student enrollment and...Read more -
Arise
Revitalizing a Post-Industrial CityCreated by the City of South Bend and the firm Torti Gallas and Partners, Arise sets the goal of using limited resources to create a visionary— yet immediately implementable—plan to revitalize 10 struggling neighborhoods on the west side of the shrinking post-industrial city. Currently, two...Read more -
Plan El Paso
Laying the Groundwork for a Healthier City and RegionThe City of El Paso grew up around rail and the streetcar but, like most American cities, it was remade for the automobile and sprawled far into the countryside in the 20th Century. Now, new developments are focused on people while the city is reoriented toward transit, walking, public places, and...Read more -
TLC: An Approach to Activate Downtown Rockford
A different approach sparks a downtown revivalAfter decades of abandonment, downtown Rockford is finally coming back. Rockford, a mid-sized city in north-central Illinois about 90 miles northwest of Chicago, is not unlike many other Midwest cities its size. Its post-war, car-oriented sprawl had riddled its downtown with vacant storefronts,...Read more