• Smart Streets Design Plan

    Washington Street in downtown Buffalo, New York, lacks luster in its appearance and function. Few trees and amenities offer respite along frequently cracked sidewalks. The curb-to-curb zone is mostly designed for motor vehicles; occasional crosswalks are poorly marked. “Cobra” fixtures glare...Read more

  • Eddy Street Neighborhood

    In a public-private partnership, a developer worked with University of Notre Dame, a local revitalization group, and the City of South Bend to create a new 48-acre neighborhood. The Eddy Street Neighborhood “was a partnership in the truest sense,” says Tom McGowan of Kite Realty Group. “We may have...Read more

  • Hammond Downtown Master Plan

    Based on the past sixty years, one would expect Hammond, Indiana, to continue shrinking and its downtown to stagnate indefinitely. But the suburb of Chicago has other factors in its favor, according to Jeff Speck, who led the design team for a recent Downtown Master Plan. A commuter rail station is...Read more

  • Beach Town, Las Catalinas

    The 21-acre Beach Town in Las Catalinas, Costa Rica, combines the intricate urbanism of a European hill town with the architecture of Latin America and the development programming and process of a US new urbanist neighborhood. The first neighborhood to be built in Las Catalinas, Beach Town is a...Read more