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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 -
Heart of Lake
An Elegant, Thoughtful Community Rises in ChinaSlated to have its eight phases of construction complete in 2018, Heart of Lake is a New Urbanist community being built from the ground-up in the temperate coastal city of Xiamen, China. One of the four “Special Economic Zones” opened to foreign investment and trade during China’s economic reform...Read more -
Kendall Square
60’s Urban Renewal Becomes Effective Urban InfillSandwiched between a major research university and a network of diverse neighborhoods, Kendall Square is an undistinguished cluster of office space intended to meet the demand for high tech jobs in Cambridge, Massachusetts. As has been the case for many medium-sized towns, the tech boom in...Read more -
Southwest Waterfront
Expanding Upward Along a Forgotten WaterfrontPart of Pierre L’Enfant’s original plan for the Capitol, Washington, DC’s Southwest Waterfront has seen better days. At the beginning of the 20th century, it had a thriving commercial corridor and a multi-ethnic community. Urban renewal, that well-intended but destructive force, swept through the...Read more