- After Katrina, A Lonely Homecoming
Today, nearly two years after the storm, 11 of 14 properties on the block stand vacant, and in interviews, all but one of those who left indicated they have no intention of returning. Far from rising from the devastation of Katrina, this slice of St. Bernard Parish remains a desolate and depressing place.
- Los Angeles’s Development Has Many Centers
A trend of dense downtown development in Los Angeles has some calling the city’s new urban growth pattern a move towards “Manhattanization”. But Bill Fulton argues that the focus isn’t on just one area, but many transit-oriented “centers”.
- VEGETABLES AND CONCRETE: Urban gardeners are turning vacant lots into profitable produce plots
- Rebirth Of Cincinnati’s Historic Over-the-Rhine Neighborhood
Cincinnati’s historic Over-the-Rhine neighborhood is seeing levels of investment and activity that haven’t been seen there for many, many years. The largest collection of Italianate architecture in the U.S. is finally starting to see new life.
- Southeast Queens Is Split Over Makeover Proposal
- Shanghai is Building The World’s Largest Urban Rail Transit System
- Renderings of Guangzhou Twin Towers – in Chinese, so you have to guess which architect goes with which building (can you spot Rem’s building?)