• Smart streetscape to pilot mobility program

    Smart Streets Design Plan creates a model for better streetscapes and mobility. Buffalo’s Office of Strategic Planning and Stantec won a Merit Award for Emerging Projects in the Neighborhood, District, and Corridor category of the 2024 CNU Charter Awards.
    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

  • Green corridor connects downtown to the water

    RiverFront Revitalization connects Omaha to the Missouri River and creates a widely used public space. HDR won a Merit Award in the Region: Metropolis, City, and Town category of the 2024 CNU Charter Awards.
    The RiverFront Revitalization in Omaha, Nebraska, makes a unified, transformative, 70-acre civic-oriented park at the center of a major city in the nation’s heartland. Omaha had three underutilized parks: Gene Leahy Mall, Heartland of America, and Lewis & Clark Landing. Although they were...Read more

  • Community transformation through smaller-scale buildings

    Rebuilding Tremont Street in Mission Hill is a collection of buildings that enhance a neighborhood in Boston. New Urban Partners and Principle Group won a Merit Award in the Block, Street, and Building category of the 2024 CNU Charter Awards.
    Rebuilding Tremont Street transformed a previously underdeveloped corridor in Mission Hill, Boston, with fine new architecture near the Roxbury Crossing subway station. Simple and well-executed mixed-use and residential buildings on five sites totaling two acres, built over several blocks, raise...Read more

  • Attainable housing model for cities nationwide

    Finley Street Cottages is a courtyard development on two Atlanta lots that offers an innovative model for missing middle housing. Kronberg Urbanists + Architects won a Merit Award in the Block, Street, and Building category in the 2024 CNU Charter Awards.
    Two single-family lots (each about a third of an acre) were filled in with 16 courtyard units in Atlanta, creating a model for attainable workforce housing. Finley Street Cottages (FStC) consists of two historic houses, duplexes, accessory units, and guest houses grouped around a private courtyard—...Read more