• Uptown District Cleveland street level

    Uptown District

    A mixed-used urban corridor linking arts, education, and health care institutions and adjoining communities
    Uptown District in Cleveland revitalized 8.2 acres of formerly vacant land into a mixed-use space and gateway to cultural, educational, and healthcare institutions. It is a sustainable, transit-oriented development located at a convergence of neighborhoods four miles east of downtown and a truly...Read more

  • High Point Redevelopment Project

    Reinvention of outdated low-income housing into a new, sustainable, mixed-income community
    Seattle’s High Point Redevelopment Project replaced a deteriorated public housing project with an environmentally sustainable and economically diverse community. Built in 1941, the original 716-unit project had fallen into disrepair, and the isolated area was plagued with social and economic...Read more

  • Lancaster Boulevard

    New streetscape spurs downtown turnaround
    The City of Lancaster, California, converted a drab, automobile-oriented arterial at the heart of downtown into a lively, pedestrian-friendly center. The nine-block makeover of Lancaster Boulevard has become a regional draw and attracted significant economic development in its first two years. In a...Read more

  • Market Square Place

    Rebuilding a block at the heart of downtown
    Pittsburgh’s Market Square was historically a bustling hub of locals and street merchants at the heart of downtown. Heavy cast iron buildings and fire-brick masonry gave the neighborhood a unique architectural charm. But by 2000, most stores that front the square had closed. Crumbling facades added...Read more