• Biscayne Green

    Reclaiming space for people
    A long-term plan to convert a series of parking lots to public spaces in the middle of Biscayne Boulevard was held up for years due to concerns about traffic and parking. The creative use of Tactical Urbanism is breaking the political deadlock for this important downtown Miami thoroughfare—starting...Read more

  • Argyle Shared Street

    Shared street connects culture and community
    Chicago is showing how change in public infrastructure can transform a neighborhood with drug and gang problems. Located in the ethnically Asian Uptown neighborhood, Argyle Shared Street is a shared-use, pedestrian-prioritizing streetscape. “This project creates an area that is more walkable, more...Read more
  • Future for the Past Tehran aerial

    A Future for the Past

    Strengthening community, reinterpreting history
    A Future for the Past offers a bold, compassionate vision for revitalizing a dilapidated, low-income 13.5-acre site in the historic inner city of Tehran through public spaces and building types. The goal is to strengthen social capital and generate economic activity through urban strategies and...Read more
  • 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