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Connecting the City of Water to its History

Submitted by JonZirkle on Thu, 03/08/2007 - 10:22pm.
Location: Castellamare di Stabia, ItalyNarrative & program: The submission reflects the efforts of a graduate urban design studio, offered as part of an architecture curriculum, participating in an international, multi-school effort to enhance transportation interconnectivity and increase ... read more »

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The Ellington

Submitted by JonZirkle on Tue, 03/06/2007 - 6:09pm.
Location: Washington, D.C.Narrative & program: This project is located in a formerly thriving African American arts and music destination in Washington, D.C. In recent decades the district has suffered from urban blight and abandonment after the 1960s riots. Today, public and private ent... read more »

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Takoma Walk

Submitted by JonZirkle on Thu, 03/01/2007 - 10:46pm.
Location: Takoma Park, MDNarrative & program: The project is a planned mixed-use retail, office, and residentail building that seeks to restore an historic 1941 structure to its original condition, while maintaining the intimate pedestrian scale of Old Town Takoma Park, Maryland's Carroll ... read more »

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Street Smart: Streetcars and Cities in the 21st Century

Submitted by JonZirkle on Thu, 03/01/2007 - 9:04pm.
Location: United StatesNarrative & program: This self-published book about streetcars was issued by the non-profit organization, Reconnecting America, an organization dedicated to seeing more New Urban development accompanied by transit. This book demonstrates the power of streetcars, mor... read more »

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Cooper's Crossing

Submitted by JonZirkle on Tue, 02/27/2007 - 11:04pm.
Location: Camden, NJNarrative & program: Cooper Crossing is located in a historically significant location along the Camden waterfront, an area that has served as a link between Philadelphia and Camden since the first ferry was establised in 1695. However, the Camden waterfront has fallen... read more »

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Val D'Europe

Submitted by JonZirkle on Tue, 10/24/2006 - 5:32pm.
Location: Marne-la-Vallee, FranceNarrative & program: This new town is in one of five areas designated by the French government for managed growth as a way to control sprawl and preserve agricultural fields around Paris. Located 30 minutes from Paris by rail, it includes four distinct neig... read more »

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Boston's Newest Smart Growth Corridor: A Collaborative Vision for the Fairmount/Indigo Line

Submitted by JonZirkle on Tue, 10/24/2006 - 4:02pm.
Location: Boston, Massachusetts, USANarrative & program: A collaborative planning team formed by four community development corporations created a vision for new, urban villages on vacant, underutilized and brownfield sites along Boston’s most underused commuter rail line -- a 10-mile tr... read more »

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