Housing Reinvented
Award-Winning Workforce Housing Developments
Rethinking a Fixture of the ’Burbs
Affordable, multi-gen housing in your backyard
Affordability of each NYC neighborhood
Simple, ingenious, beloved home design
Design-savvy and budget-minded
Suburban neighborhood for Gen Y
House as investment but home first
Backyard cottages work for Seattle
Tiny homes starting at 65 sq. ft.
Americans want walkable neighborhoods
Graying population means more renters
Walkable neighborhood, higher home price
House too big and energy bill too high?
Cottages withstand ravages of hurricanes, time
Downtowns “need lots of people, day and night”
The future of suburban housing
Rethinking the single-family home
Stellar affordable housing design
Solar-powered homes at the National Mall
Build a Better Burb in the NY Times
Foreclosure hits middle-class suburbanites
Goodbye big house, hello walkable neighborhood
Housing unaffordable? Blame local land use laws
Casitas for young singles and grannies
MoMA exhibit: suburban housing reimagined
Want to create affordable housing? Rewrite zoning
Downtown housing in CT ‘burbs would pump money into local economy
Growing demand for rental homes, walkable neighborhoods
Praise for the basement apartment?
Housing inequality linked to school test-score gap
Seniors in suburbia: losing their car keys
Best Way To Pay For Housing? Rent
Tiny Footprint, Remarkable Craftsmanship
McMansion Full Of Brilliant Young Minds
Gorgeous Granny Flats Keep The Peace
More Americans Living Together, Saving
Could Your Life Fit Into 150 Sq. Ft.?
Green-Roofed Home Tucked Into Hillside
A Conversation about Community Land Trusts
Adapting the Built Environment for the Boomer Generation
The Five C’s of a Great Neighborhood
Young People Avoiding Home Ownership?
Housing Project Upgrade; Residents Remain
Rethinking Apartment Living: No Parking Lots
Intergenerational Solution In The Backyard
Over-65 Population Booming In ‘Burbs
Resilient Neighborhoods Near Transit
Dream Home The Size Of Walk-in Closet?
Higher Density Suburbs Hold Value
From Shopping Mall To Micro-lofts
A Sense of Place
Designing a Healthier Main Street
Collaboration Turns Decay into Great Public Space
Behind the Success of European Streets
From polluted property to park
Rekindling energy in Charlotte region’s small downtowns
Simple, ingenious, beloved home design
Temporary event, permanent change
Suburb creates a heart and center
Texting ideas to improve your community
Undulating park bench great place to relax
Downtown design for people not parking
Upping the fun in community places
Making downtown a people place
Arts and culture fuel downtown growth
Google’s hometown revitalizes its downtown
Community dialogue and deliberation
Creating great community places
Making treasured spaces even better
Trolley terminal transformed into park?
Core ingredients of the liveliest public spaces
“Darth Vader’s castle” is all fixed up
Arts, culture and neighborhood change
New opportunity in old buildings
Contemporary art, downtown turnaround
Great neighborhoods, streets, and public spaces
Build a Better Burb in the NY Times
Charrettes produce collaborative community vision
Low-cost activities attract a crowd
Holiday and community spirit in public spaces
Isolated paved areas become pint-sized parks
Community brainstorming = temporary art installation
Stories about hometown heart and soul
Paris bookstore thrives in spite of e-books
From big boxes to building community
Potluck suppers, neighborhood comeback
Coming soon: supermarket you can walk to
Cities up their game; how about suburbs?
Dollar stores: eyesores or shopping opportunities?
Picnic in the streets: a kinder, gentler protest
Architects’ cocktail napkin sketch contest
Pop-up architecture is here to stay?
Sidewalk contacts generate big change
Youthful Voice In Community Decisions
Cutting Edge Pay Phone Booths?
Art And Music After Dark On Main Street
People Mingling = Innovative Economy?
Towns, Cities With Colorful Art Scenes
How Cell Phones Change Sense of Place
Downtown San Antonio’s Better Block
Satisfied With Smaller City Life
Philadelphia’s New Front Porch
Grand Rapids ArtPrize Draws Thousands
ArtPlace Announces Grants for 2013
Food Market Draws People Downtown
Improve Main Street Through Imitation?
Contest Hatches New Local Retail
Artisans Craft Neighborhood Revival
Great American Main Street Awards
Using The Net To Fix Neighborhoods
Main Street Is Just Getting Started
Parking + Transit
Who Wants a Plain Park-and-Ride Anymore?
Infrastructure as Architecture
Powering Public Transportation More Efficiently
Train Stations Surrounded by Asphalt? Not Anymore
Part Taxi, Part Bus, 100% Innovative
Rewriting downtown parking rules
Wild ideas about transportation
Bus Rapid Transit works in the burbs
Money down on Motor City light rail
Electric bikes conquer San Francisco hills
Colombia’s Ciclovia hits the streets
Neighborhood design to curb obesity
Good looking parking structures!
Parklets transform parking into parks
Dutch bicycles transport everything!
No transit? Not award-winning.
Parking lot converted to beer garden
Grocery stores with parking garages?
On-demand, driverless, electric pod cars
Chicago’s first green parking garage
Vancouver turns streets into mini-parks
All-electric, fully enclosed motorcycles
Free parking is “fertility drug for cars”
Bike sharing rolls through the ‘burbs
Long Beach, NY pioneers bike-share program
Build a Better Burb in the NY Times
Fresh veggies from parking garage roof
Free and abundant parking’s the worst thing for downtown
Low-car suburban living experiments
Transit is great, but don’t neglect the destination
America’s love affair with cars is thing of the past
Roundabouts: safe and better for the environment
Green streets, community streets
Best way to travel in the ‘burbs
Most bikeable cities; how about suburbs?
Biking keeps money in your (spandex) pocket
Walkability drives real estate values
Shakespeare in the Park(ing) Lot
Parking lots deserve more attention
Strip malls, big box stores linked to traffic deaths for seniors
BRT: It’s Worth Keeping Car In Garage
Walking In Rome Vs. Big Box Parking Lot
Green-roofed High-speed Rail Terminus
Climbing Walls, Zip Lines, Picnics In Street
ExpressPark Is Good For Business, Planet
Chicago’s First “People Spots” (Parklets)
Parking Garage Could Power 3K Homes
Get On Board The Bicycle Train
Parking Lot Transformed Into Wetlands
Waterways Instead of Highways?
Which Comes First? Bike Lanes or Bike Shares
Rethinking How to Measure Walkability
The Underground and Multi-block Parking Lot
Rethinking a Bridge to Address Equity
Robot Cars? A Way to Reduce Congestion?
Almost-Empty Bus Still Good For Planet
Bike Share For The Rich—And The Rest
Inspiring Motorists To Ditch Their Cars
Sierra Club Green Transportation
Flat Lot Competition (Parking Lot Reimagined!)
Improving The Capital Corridor
Drugstore Parking Ruins Streetscapes
Hidden Costs Add Up In Traffic
Making Transit Less Technical, More Human
Thinking Regionally
The Consequences of Fighting Density
Reactivating Shuttered Schools
Cities foster innovation; suburbs too?
Solutions to sea-level rise, NY waterfront
From vacant mall to corporate HQ
Affordability of each NYC neighborhood
Preparing for climate change now
Public parks heavily used but still in crisis
Power plant to get Alpine makeover
Main Street payback tops Big Box
Buildings and our drinking water
Business climate linked to quality of place
No more NIMBY, no more complaints
Great places need regional ties
Environmental stewardship is child’s play
Toronto beautifies water infrastructure
Blog from the Sprawl Repair Manual author
Immigrants breathe new life into old suburbs
Suburb reinvents itself to stay on top
New developments with no open space consumed?
Tools for transforming suburbia
New visions for Long Island City
Build a Better Burb in the NY Times
Local governments in NJ consolidate
Most hopeful energy developments of 2011, illustrated
Long Island and the Boston-Washington, DC mega-region
What does the mall of the future look like?
Reinvented mall: housing, gardens, even dog runs
Different kind of environmentalism
GamePlanMaryland: almost as fun as SimCity
Face(s) of regional planning in Chicago
Green manufacturing, adaptive reuse
Seattle suburbs defy stereotypes
Segregation and integration, NIMBY and YIMBY
Government incentives support sprawl
From Walmart To Public Library?
Barcelona “Vegitecture” (Vertical Garden)
Diverse Suburban Neighborhoods
Locally Owned Stores Are Good For You
Nation’s First Food Forest (Free Food!)
Housing = Foundation For Strong Region
ParkScore: Best & Worst Places for Parks
Suburbs Benefit From Sustainable Cities
Neighborhood Planning Tools for Kids to Use
NIMBY Zoning and Tragedy of the Commons
Measuring the Cost of Sprawl in New Hampshire
4.2 Mile Hopscotch Course Opens in Detroit
Housing Mobility: Just What the Doctor Ordered
Videos Capture Day Of Regional Transit
From Shopping Mall To Tech Company HQ
Planning Must Account For Flooding
Chicago Region Values Water Resources
Dollars & “Sense” Of Environmental Protection
Disaster Planning & Neighborhood Ties
Seclusion Is Thing Of Past For Biotech
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