Urban Renewal
Urban Renewal: Tragedies and Ironies Yesterday and Today
13 October 2008 - 7:51pm
One of the most interesting things that I have learned in school thus far is the history of the urban renewal program. As a budding urban planner, I have often used the term “urban renewal” interchangeably with “urban revitalization” to describe the process of neighborhood improvement via economic and housing development. Regardless of the term I used, I was very clear that revitalization – or renewal – was a catch-22. The implementation of business and housing developments would jumpstart a neighborhood deemed blighted and consequently, only affluent residents could afford to enjoy the amenities of the revitalized neighborhood.
Continued Demolition Threatens New Orleans Character
7 October 2008 - 1:00pm
New Orleans City Business
In post-Katrina New Orleans, a fine line exists between razing potentially deadly structures, and harnessing a zeal for wholesale redevelopment.
Broad Urban Renewal Project Takes Over Baltimore Neighborhood
8 August 2008 - 4:00am
The New York Times
The expansion of a Baltimore hospital has sparked a neighborhood-wide urban renewal project.
A Move Back into Cities Indicates Changing Middle-Class Mores
1 August 2008 - 12:00pm
The New Republic
Author Alan Ehrenhalt says that conditions are ripe for the permanent return of downtown residential neighborhoods, and that a "demographic inversion" has already begun in Manhattan, Chicago and Washington, DC, among other cities.
America is Growing
9 July 2008 - 8:00am
The Guardian
The Guardian U.K. observes that the end of cheap oil is changing driving habits, boosting public transit use and encouraging localization. In short, they are making America a bigger place.
The End of The Projects
6 July 2008 - 8:00am
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Renee Lewis Glover, president and CEO of the Atlanta Housing Authority, reflects on the troubled history of housing projects in Atlanta, GA, as the last of its kind in the city is demolished.
Baltimore Neighborhood Looks to Transit for Revival
30 June 2008 - 5:00am
The Baltimore Sun
West Baltimore residents and community groups see a new light rail project as their way up for their blighted neighborhood.
