• Playhouse Plaza Pasadena exterior

    Playhouse Plaza

    An Architectural Triumph Adds to a City’s Legacy
    In Pasadena, California, the Playhouse Plaza has replaced a single-story furniture store with “an architectural triumph that has added to Pasadena’s legacy of well-designed, beautiful buildings,” says Susan Mossman, Executive Director of Pasadena Heritage. Located in the city’s revitalizing 32-...Read more
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    Westside Atlanta Plan

    Revitalization rooted in place
    The Land Use Action Plan for Atlanta’s Westside builds on the history and tremendous potential of Atlanta’s Westside. While remaining appropriately critical of past planning decisions that have isolated this sector, the Westside Atlanta Plan is rooted in the history of a place that was a cradle of...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
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    Park Van Ness

    A gift of nature and architecture
    This beautiful Art Deco building is a striking addition to a major urban thoroughfare, terminating a vista at the end of a cross street with a grand, twostory archway that leads into a 5,000 square foot public plaza overlooking an important urban park. The six-story, 271- unit apartment Park Van...Read more