LEGACY PROJECT
Comeback planned for commercial corridor
CNU partnered with a small city and citizens to create a toolbox with immediate practical usefulness for a segment of the old Dixie Highway in Georgia.
Plan to retrofit suburban to mixed-use urban
CNU Legacy Project shows how Southside Savannah can leverage a growing university campus to improve quality of life.
Parks and other enhancements proposed for city neighborhoods
Eastside Savannah, a less affluent area adjacent to Savannah's historic core, was the subject of a CNU Legacy Project.
Legacy projects kick off in Louisville
CNU neighborhood design workshops this week are led by Urban Design Associates, Street Plans Collaborative, Placemakers, and Gresham Smith.
Mixed-use center is next step for revitalization
CNU Legacy project in Russell neighborhood in West Louisville listens to residents, drawing their dreams.
Main street as a microcosm of the world
With a stronger identity and coordinated planning for Woodlawn Avenue, Beechmont may be the next hot neighborhood in Louisville.
Connecting to a hidden natural asset
A CNU Legacy Project explores the potential of an underutilized creek corridor that runs through more than dozen neighborhoods in Louisville, Kentucky.
Savannah adopts two CNU Legacy projects and a downtown plan
The city made progress with code reform and is moving forward with street improvements and new public spaces, including the possible transformation of a dead mall.
Vision for livability along an Interstate
I-494 forms the border between two Minnesota suburbs. A CNU Legacy team created a plan to improve life for economically disadvantaged residents of the area.
Legacy Project focuses on historic Black theater
The Jewel Theatre is a 1931 brick building with Deco details on 4th Street of Oklahoma City—the only building left standing on what was once a thriving main street block in a Black business district.
The Jewel Theatre operated from the 1930s ...
Louisville creek restoration funded, subject of CNU Legacy Project
CNU Legacy Projects have addressed widely diverse urban issues, and Beargrass Creek in Louisville is more distinct than most. The 2019 project, led by Gresham Smith, looked at a neglected urban waterway and how its restoration could impact 14...
Creating a mixed-use college town in an ‘edge city’
CNU and affiliated designers visited a sprawling part of Charlotte to plan the transition of a 16-acre shopping center into a mixed-use center, with connections to a major university—UNCC. Temporary public space drives suburban retrofit.
Community plan builds on success of food kitchen
A team of new urbanists design for a neighborhood in the crosshairs of gentrification, adding healthy food and affordable housing.
From unsafe arterial to thriving main street
CNU and affiliated designers work with a community to identify implementation solutions for a disinvested urban corridor west of Charlotte’s Center City.