Retrofit
“Thanks to skilled designers, a clear, implementable code, and a truly capable client, this plan is getting built, and well.”
Some suburbs are building an entire urban downtown from scratch to provide a unique identity and appeal.
In Lancaster, California, a simple change in street design was a catalyst for economic and social activity.
The announcement creates holes in enclosed shopping malls—meanwhile the department store chain is looking to open downtown locations.
Although Lakewood, Colorado, is the fifth largest city in the state, until the last decade the city had no true downtown. Instead, the Denver suburb boasted one of the country’s largest indoor shopping malls, built in the 1960s—but by 2000, that...
After two decades, Mashpee Commons is moving forward with 300-plus residential units, more shops, and civic spaces with support from the regional planning authority.
The Build a Better Burb Sprawl Retrofit Council met in Miami to explore opportunities for promoting land-use diversity and transportation choice in the suburbs—with particular focus on the needs of smaller suburbs with less robust markets. A follow–...
A Georgia suburb siezes the opportunity of a closed GM factory to plan for a town center.
Note: This is a guest article from Strong Towns, which will attend and cover CNU 24 in Detroit.
A CNU charrette led by Moule & Polyzoides, Architects and Urbanists, focused on how to transform a two-mile stretch of the John R Road that traverses Hazel Park, Michigan. The goal is to promote development of a walkable downtown where none...
High vacancy rates and little reason to visit outside of 9 to 5 contrasts with the current success of central business districts. How can office parks be transformed?
First built over 200 years ago as a toll road connecting Washington, D.C. to greater Virginia, the Columbia Pike now serves as a direct route to the Pentagon and other capital landmarks. Until recently, this Arlington, Virginia thoroughfare was an...