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Storrs Center
A mixed-use center for town and gownFor a town with a major educational institution—the University of Connecticut—Mansfield was surprisingly short of urban amenities until a few years ago. “Mansfield,” noted Connecticut Magazine , “offered little more than a couple of fading strip malls and a dilapidated restaurant along the...Read more -
Highlands Garden Village
A diverse new neighborhood in the heart of the cityFor 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 housingThe 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 -
Baldwin Park
Reknitting the urban fabricIn the mid-1990s, the City of Orlando faced the closure of the 1,100-acre Naval Training Center, two miles from downtown. The easiest reuse option for the land would have included big box stores, an office park, and/or suburban housing pods. Instead, the city took the unprecedented step of striving...Read more