• Lancaster BLVD

    “Lancaster BLVD changed the way we think about boulevards,” notes Andrew Von Maur, professor of architecture at Andrews University and a 2021 Charter Awards juror. “It also changed the way we think about parking.” This strikingly original street redesign had an enormous economic impact on Lancaster...Read more
  • 75th Street Boardwalk

    The 75th Street Boardwalk is a series of temporary community built parklets and civic structures along two blocks of the main street of Chicago’s Chatham neighborhood. The parklets, located in street parking spaces on both sides of the thoroughfare, feature play structures, workout equipment,...Read more
  • Bagby Street Houston tree crate bench

    Bagby Street

    Sustainability and Style Meet on Houston Street
    This street revitalization effort utilized aggressive low impact development (LID) strategies to improve stormwater quality, offset carbon emissions and redefine a previously auto-dominated commuter thoroughfare as a livable center with significant improvements to the pedestrian environment. The...Read more
  • Small Town Tactics Avon Streetscape

    Small Town Tactics

    Test-driving a road diet
    Seeing may be believing, according to the old adage, but doing can be even more instructive. That’s the idea behind Small Town Tactics, a set of temporary streetscape improvements undertaken in the mountain town of Avon, Colorado, where the primary commercial street suffers from overly long...Read more