• Claiborne Expressway campaign

    Settled in the heart of New Orleans, a once thriving commercial district filled with cafes and restaurants, grocers, music venues, and other businesses sustaining daily neighborhood activities lined the streets of North Claiborne Avenue. Giant oak trees and greenery loomed in the middle of the...Read more

  • Gardiner Expressway

    Built between 1955 and 1966 by the Ministry of Transportation of Toronto (MTO), Toronto's Frederick G. Gardiner Expressway is a major east-west thoroughfare that connects downtown Toronto to its western suburbs. At the time it was built, most of the area was industrial and not a civic waterfront...Read more

  • I-345

    I-345 is the official name of a 1.4 mile elevated freeway running between downtown Dallas and the adjacent neighborhood of Deep Ellum. The freeway was built in 1973 to connect the Woodall Rogers Freeway to I-30. On the northeast side of the freeway lies Deep Ellum, one of Dallas's most important...Read more
  • Havana Waterfront Havana aerial

    Havana Waterfront

    Reconnecting an Historic City to its Shoreline
    As part of an eight-week urban studio that involved a trip to Havana, fifth-year University of Notre Dame architecture students were tasked with repairing the city’s waterfront along the Avenida de Puerto. The Avenida is more than 135 meters wide, and the only building is an open-air theater...Read more