• Kendall Square Cambridge plaza

    Kendall Square

    60’s Urban Renewal Becomes Effective Urban Infill
    Sandwiched 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
  • Tactical Urbanism Hamilton Hamilton signs

    Tactical Urbanism Hamilton

    Energy and Effort Bring About Local Change
    With a population of over half a million, Hamilton is the third largest metropolitan area in Ontario and the ninth largest in Canada. However, in a recent attempt to remedy an ever-climbing rate of pedestrian and cyclist deaths, two dedicated groups joined forces with members of the community to...Read more
  • Southwest Waterfront DC waterfront

    Southwest Waterfront

    Expanding Upward Along a Forgotten Waterfront
    Part 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
  • 30th Street Station Philadelphia elevated train

    Getting to It and Getting Through It

    Rehabilitation of Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station
    Students at the University of Maryland were tasked with reimagining the west bank of the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia as a vibrant, mixed-use neighborhood, repairing the urban fabric in the process. Amtrak’s main corridor through Philadelphia runs north-south just across the river from the area...Read more