The Independent Weekly

City leaders in Raleigh, North Carolina, are planning to transform a underutilized downtown plaza into a new public square.

Can a new cooperative in North Carolina fuel the eco-friendly policy?

A defunct Renault plant is caught in a battle between those wishing to adapt the cradle of worker's rights and a billionaire's ego.

Two British firms are designing new ways to organize space in dense urban neighborhoods: one through pre-fab construction, the other through an efficiently modern take on one-bedroom living. Both plans aim to bring high-quality, low-cost housing to cities

Throughout American history, blacks have been systematically denied something they cherish.

Independent columnust Burtman offers a scathing analysis and indictment of the failed plan to improve South Columbia Street in Chapel Hill, N.C.