Great Places in America

Tulsa, Oklahoma

2019 Great Places in America Announced

The American Planning Association has announced four neighborhoods, six public spaces, and three streets as 2019 Great Places in America honorees. Nominations for the people's Choice category are still open.

October 8, 2019 - Curbed

American Planning Asociation

APA Announces 2018 Great Places in America

It's one of the biggest days of the entire year for the planning and planners who make great places happen.

September 25, 2018 - American Planning Association

Cincinnati, Ohio

The 2017 'Great Places in America'

The American Planning Association's annual list celebrates the best urban planning and design from around the country.

October 4, 2017 - American Planning Association

Santa Fe Railyward

How Good Planning Remade the Santa Fe Railyard

A planner reflects on one of New Mexico's great planning successes, the Santa Fe Railyard.

November 11, 2016 - Santa Fe New Mexican

The Bronx

The Promise and Significance of Planning Month

This October, the American Planning Association celebrated National Community Planning Month, or #PlanningMonth for short.

October 31, 2016 - James Brasuell

Plano DART

The Secrets of Plano's Success

With a string of successes in downtown revitalization under its built, Plano, Texas is looking to duplicate that model elsewhere around the city.

September 18, 2016 - The Urban Edge

APA Announces the 2015 'Great Places in America'

The APA's flagship program is back with its 2015 iteration—celebrating the best neighborhoods, public spaces, and streets in the United States.

October 2, 2015 - American Planning Association

Portland Transit Mall

Neighborhoods, Streets, and Public Space: 30 'Great Places in America'

The American Planning Association (APA) has released its annual list of 10 Great Neighborhoods, 10 Great Streets, and 10 Great Public Spaces.

October 2, 2014 - American Planning Association

APA Celebrates America's Great Places

To celebrate National Community Planning Month, the American Planning Association (APA) has revealed its seventh annual list of the country's 10 great neighborhoods, 10 great streets, and 10 great public spaces.

October 5, 2013 - APA

APA's Great Places for 2012 Revealed

The American Planning Association has released its annual list of the country's 10 great neighborhoods, 10 great streets, and 10 great public spaces.

October 3, 2012 - APA

APA Picks 10 Great Places In America: Public Spaces

Every year the APA reveals a list of great public spaces in America. Bicentennial Capitol Mall Park in Tennessee is just one of they have chosen. Other places include Milwaukee RiverWalk in Wisconsin and Monument Circle in Indiana.

October 4, 2011 - American Planning Association

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