RECENT ARTICLES – 2024
Smart Streets Design Plan creates a model for better streetscapes and mobility. Buffalo’s Office of Strategic Planning and Stantec won a Merit Award for Emerging Projects in the Neighborhood, District, and Corridor category of the 2024 CNU Charter Awards.
A look back to look forward in Cincinnati's best-known urban neighborhood.
RiverFront Revitalization connects Omaha to the Missouri River and creates a widely used public space. HDR won a Merit Award in the Region: Metropolis, City, and Town category of the 2024 CNU Charter Awards.
Rebuilding Tremont Street in Mission Hill is a collection of buildings that enhance a neighborhood in Boston. New Urban Partners and Principle Group won a Merit Award in the Block, Street, and Building category of the 2024 CNU Charter Awards.
Finley Street Cottages is a courtyard development on two Atlanta lots that offers an innovative model for missing middle housing. Kronberg Urbanists + Architects won a Merit Award in the Block, Street, and Building category in the 2024 CNU Charter Awards.
The Eddy Street Neighborhood is a mixed-use infill development in South Bend featuring a main street and many housing types. Looney Ricks Kiss won a Merit Award in the Neighborhood, District, and Corridor category of the 2024 CNU Charter Awards.
Casa de Luz is a community-driven, health-oriented urban village on the site of a former meatpacking plant in Austin, Texas. Shambala Corp. won a Merit Award in the Block, Street, and Building category in the 2024 CNU Charter Awards.
Back to Better is a series of interventions planned for the Near Northwest in South Bend, Indiana. Students at the University of Notre Dame won a Student Merit Award in the Neighborhood, District, and Corridor category of the 2024 CNU Charter Awards.
Various interpretations of the term “guerrilla” sparks debate over its meaning and use within urbanism.
The Ohio River city leveraged two stadiums and a highway reconstruction to build a new waterfront neighborhood, guided by a 1990s plan.
In a former village with little or no walkability, where the main road resists change, planners envision a walking path linking public spaces, one of which would be a new central square.
Westlawn Gardens in Milwaukee is a case study in how to address the three main affordability components: Affordable to build, to rent or own, and to live in. All three strategies are critical.