• Plan NoBe Miami Beach Plan Graphic

    Plan NoBe

    Building on local assets for resilience
    For the Miami Beach, FL neighborhood of North Beach, climate change, historic preservation, a fordable housing, and walkability are all interrelated issues. Now, Plan NoBe has provided a blueprint for new development grounded in existing culture that showcases what is great about the community. In...Read more
  • Parsons Alley Duluth Signage

    Parsons Alley

    Building on the past, looking to the future
    As downtowns and urban neighborhoods thrive across America, city managers outside city centers have begun to ask, “How do we reinvent the suburbs?” Building on that extensive body of knowledge, Parsons Alley, the public-private redevelopment of an infill site, offers answers in a small suburban...Read more
  • History Above Water Newport Next Steps

    Keeping History Above Water

    Harnessing civil engineering for placemaking and preservation
    In Newport, Rhode Island, the tide is rising. Local sea levels at high tide have risen eight inches in the past 75 years, threatening neighborhoods like The Point, which has a combination of history, charm, and walkability that is unique and irreplaceable. Neighborhoods in Newport’s flood zones...Read more
  • San Cristobal City Hall San Cristobal at night

    San Cristobal City Hall

    Grand new plaza highlights history
    A dilapidated former municipal building, embodying decades of history in the historic Mexican city of San Cristobal, has been converted into a civic museum complete with an elegant and dignified new plaza. “Making the City Hall a museum was an extraordinary shift,” says Susana Utrilla, cultural...Read more