Urban Redevelopment

Fixing A Neighborhood, From Soup to Nuts

Campbell Soup Company is taking a leading role in redeveloping the rough Gateway neighborhood of Camden, NJ.

5 October 2009 - 11:00am

Next American City

Granny Flats and Carriage Houses for Denver

Grass Root Efforts to Help Bring Back a Much-Loved Building Form

27 June 2009 - 11:00am

Denver Daily News

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Serendipity for Downtown L.A.?

At a recent event in Los Angeles, Cecilia Estolano, CEO of the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles, presented her vision for the Downtown of the future in one of the country's most notoriously diffuse urban centers.

7 March 2009 - 9:00am

The Planning Report

The New Urbanist Racetrack

Bay Meadows Racetrack in San Mateo,CA is being transformed into 19 blocks of office buildings, dense housing, parkland and plazas.

19 August 2008 - 9:00am

The San Francisco Chronicle

On the Brink? Miami's Downtown Struggles To Revitalize

While mega-condo developments are enlivening districts in and around Miami's urban core, a long moribund downtown business district struggles to keep up. Many hope that small improvements will make a big difference in the area's quest for vitality.

2 June 2008 - 6:00am

The Miami Herald

Green Neighborhood Plan Has Residents Riled

As Mayor Bloomberg moves forward with an eco-friendly redevelopment for the crumbling Willets Point neighborhood, locals feel pushed aside and complain that eminent domain is out of control.

23 May 2008 - 9:00am

The Christian Science Monitor

City's 'Lungs' Paved Over

Urban projects have resulted in the paving over of significant chunks of parkland in Melbourne, Australia -- land set aside more than 150 years ago to act as the city's lungs.

11 March 2008 - 10:00am

The Age

Samuel Staley

Is eminent domain necessary for revitalizing cities?

Wed, 01/09/2008 - 12:55

Planners are split on eminent domain—one group believes it’s a critical component of planning since it allows them to implement plans more quickly. Others believe eminent domain does more to destroy urbanism than build it up. I’ve weighed in on it numerous times, including this commentary published by Planetizen.

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