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Kendall Square
60’s Urban Renewal Becomes Effective Urban InfillSandwiched 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 -
Southwest Waterfront
Expanding Upward Along a Forgotten WaterfrontPart 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 -
Station Center
Affordable Housing Hits on All MarksUnion City is one of the farthest-flung BART stops in the San Francisco Bay Area, and one of the least developed. As part of a regional effort to focus transit-oriented development around transit stations, the city developed an ambitious plan to build a research development campus, market-rate...Read more -
Sullivan Station
Affordable Living on the LakeSullivan Station, spearheaded by VOA Associates Incorporated, repairs a Chicago neighborhood torn by mid-20th Century urban renewal. The five-acre site was part of a low-rise South Side neighborhood torn apart to build high-rise public housing that was, in turn, demolished in the 1990s due to...Read more