• Larkin Square

    A former industrial superblock pumps life into the city
    Over the past decade, the Larkin District in Buffalo, New York, has evolved from an abandoned industrial site to a thriving, mixed-use urban district that is spurring revitalization for blocks in every direction. Anchored by the headquarters of the First Niagara Bank, more than 2,000 people work in...Read more

  • Melrose Commons

    A Bronx neighborhood rises from the ashes
    Famed sportscaster Howard Cosell, covering the 1977 World Series, remarked to the nation from Yankee Stadium as a helicopter showed aerial video of smoldering buildings: "There it is, ladies and gentlemen, the Bronx is burning." At the heart of that fire was a South Bronx area called Melrose—less...Read more