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Wyandanch Rising
Transforming a Distressed Long Island CommunityThe center of Wyandanch, New York is a sea of parking fronting a fading commercial strip in the middle of an economically distressed community. That scene is about to change. This area will soon be Long Island’s first major transit-oriented neighborhood— opening in 2015. Already, 177 housing units...Read more -
Pearl Brewery redevelopment
An Industrial Shell Becomes a PowerhouseAt the turn of the millennium, the 26- acre Pearl Brewery in San Antonio was abandoned and desolate—a collection of empty buildings and pavement with only five trees. Now, thanks to an ambitious Redevelopment Master Plan, the site is an economic and social powerhouse, drawing an average of more...Read more -
SteelStacks Arts & Cultural Campus
Transformation of an abandoned steel plant into a mixed-use cultural and entertainment districtSteelStacks Arts and Cultural Campus repurposed an abandoned industrial site in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to create an arts and entertainment district. Embracing the city’s past, SteelStacks integrates historic steel-making structures – including five 20-story-high blast furnaces – with new...Read more -
Harbor Point
Transformation of a low-income housing project into a diverse communityHarbor Point is the redevelopment of a 1950s public housing project into a racially and economically diverse community overlooking Boston Harbor. The redevelopment transformed Columbia Point, a dangerous and deteriorated 1,504-unit public housing project serving mainly low-income minorities, into a...Read more