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Orleans Landing

Building on Detroit’s Assets
In a sector of Detroit with diverse assets— waterfront land, brick industrial buildings, greenways, and historic streets—but little economic activity, the Orleans Landing project creates top-of-the-line urbanism. “Orleans Landing will reactivate a major piece of Detroit’s riverfront and create a...Read more
The Lofts of Washington University

Town Meets Gown on Historic Street
Five blocks away from the main campus, on a brownfield site along a bustling commercial strip, The Lofts of Washington University create an environmentally sound student-housing center integrated flawlessly into the fabric of St. Louis. The project reinvigorates a former gas station site on the...Read more
The Storefront Theater

Local innovation makes Main Street a town square
Main Street in Lyons, Nebraska, has suffered like the heart of many small towns across America as shops have closed—losing customers to declining population and replaced by distant big-box stores. With the ingenuity of a conceptual artist and built by local craftspeople in 2015, The Storefront...Read more
Parsons Alley

Building on the past, looking to the future
As downtowns and urban neighborhoods thrive across America, city managers outside city centers have begun to ask, “How do we reinvent the suburbs?” Building on that extensive body of knowledge, Parsons Alley, the public-private redevelopment of an infill site, offers answers in a small suburban...Read more