Retrofit

Rockville Town Square combines transit and placemaking in a mixed-use retrofit.
The suburbs can be repaired in certain places, but it's a fool's errand to think they can be retrofitted wholesale, as a default pattern.
CNU Legacy Project shows how Southside Savannah can leverage a growing university campus to improve quality of life.
Suburban Remix, a new book, reports on commercial development of mixed-use, walkable centers as a powerful force in the American landscape.
A suburb shows how to grow while building the core in a way that adds to the character of place.
In communities across America sprawl is giving way to more diverse places. Here are a dozen keys to that trend.
A sprawling land that’s crossed by freeways—put a few thousand down and rent a room. Be a part of the next technology boom.
Set expectations you know you can meet or exceed with each step. For a bike lane, benefits like safety, increased fairness, and recreation and lifestyle are realistic.
Hands-on process is changing the planning and development culture of San Marcos, a suburban Texas municipality.
One of Buffalo's brightest spots of resurgence, Larkin Square combines adaptive reuse, restoration, and new buildings and public spaces that complement the old.
The nation has a large supply of mid-century neighborhoods that are ripe for changes that will make them more walkable and appealing to new generations of residents.
A CNU "Legacy Project" explores how to initiate suburban retrofit in the diverse Seattle suburb of Tukwila.