The Most Important Land Use Analysis You’ll See This Year
The Chicago-based Center for Neighborhood Technology has dramatically expanded its location efficiency mapping and analysis to 337 metropolitan areas across the country. This impressive resource details the housing and transportation […]
Using Urban Density to Support City Parks (and Vice Versa)
To some, today’s title will sound a little counterintuitive. Using residential and commercial density to revitalize downtowns or bring people closer to rail transit stops makes sense. But aren’t parks […]
Greening Indy’s Redevelopment District
About two miles from downtown Indianapolis is the city’s designated smart growth revitalization district, a distressed area with many vacant properties, including a largely abandoned industrial corridor along a rail […]
Inclusive Revitalization In the South Bronx: Melrose Commons
I’m sure many in the Rooflines readership are familiar with the inspiring story of Melrose Commons and Nos Quedamos in the South Bronx. It is much less known in my […]
D.C. Population Rises While Crime Plummets
New end-of-year data confirm what some of us have been reporting for a long time: central cities in the U.S. are no longer in decline. This is great news for […]
Have Yourself a Merry TRANSIT Xmas!
I’ve posted a bunch of great transit holiday photos over on my NRDC site. Please check them out, and happy holidays! photo here of NYC subway by Luke Redmond, creative […]
Habitat Retrofits Oakland Brownfield for LEED-ND Pilot
Habitat for Humanity’s East Bay affiliate is retrofitting a brownfield into 54 affordable homes on two acres of land in Oakland, Calif. With excellent location, walkable density, great design, and […]
‘Housing First’ Offers Hope for Homeless Veterans, Others
On this Veterans Day, when we remember those who have served, it is troubling to note that, although veterans make up around 9 percent of our population, they comprise 23 […]
Enviros Lacking In Indianapolis Redevelopment Push
Last week I had the honor of being one of seven smart growth types recruited by the American Institute of Architects to work with the city of Indianapolis and community […]
Inspiring Revitalization in the Third World: Jamaica’s Rose Town
A great story is emerging in Rose Town, Jamaica, a community in the process of being reborn with the help of HRH the Prince of Wales and The Prince’s Foundation […]
Sustainable Revitalization For America’s Smaller Cities
Andre Leroux, executive director of the Massachusetts Smart Growth Alliance, believes that New England’s smaller cities hold the potential to absorb much development that could help save the region’s countryside […]
Boston’s Asian CDC Creates Life and Affordability in Chinatown
Every summer, Boston’s Asian Community Development Corporation has been hosting an informal grassroots Asian film festival in a vacant lot near the city’s Chinatown Gate. The final night this year […]