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On the Up and Up

NBBJ unveils waterfront-revitalizing master plan for Chester, Pennsylvania

A rikers replacement jail site, the tombs, in chinatown
It's The Story That Never Ends...

State judge blocks Rikers replacement tower in Manhattan

An encampment of people experiencing homelessness, under blue tarps
The Best Kind of Medicine

Study finds permanent supportive housing could help end chronic homelessness

downtown new rochelle
A New Approach in New Roc City

New Rochelle, New York, launches a virtual reality platform to visualize planned downtown improvements

illustration of reimagined public housing complex
Improving “Houses” for the 21st Century

Peterson Rich Office and Regional Plan Association return with design recommendations for improving NYCHA properties

A man skateboarding on top of art
Because 2020 Isn't Dystopian Enough

Urban dystopias get grounded at the Austrian Cultural Forum New York

waterfront park in seattle
A Surprise Self-Demolition

Seattle’s Waterfront Park at Pier 58 collapses into the Puget Sound

Aerial view of the long island city waterfront
Water Hazard

Plans to develop former Amazon site in Long Island City collapse

The skyline of Louisville, kentucky, as seen from a steel bridge
A Southern Story

Contestations over redevelopment in Louisville reveal a historical pattern of prioritizing property over people

An ontario public housing development in black and white, part of the tower Renewal Partnership
Raising Expectations

The Tower Renewal Partnership retrofits Southern Ontario’s concrete high-rises for a sustainable and affordable future

elevated train tracks in queens, nyc, part of the neighborhoods now program
Neighbors Helping Neighbors

Neighborhoods Now shares design-based recovery strategies for NYC communities hit by COVID-19

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Missing Middle

Opinion: The answer to America’s housing crisis might be hiding in plain sight

photo of an alligator with jaws open
See Ya Later, Alligator

Adaptive reuse scheme combining Victorian heritage site and alligators scrapped in London

illustration of a colorful riverside park, now renamed after Marsha P. Johnson
A Monumental New Yorker, Remembered

Brooklyn’s East River State Park renamed in honor of late LGBTQ activist and trans icon Marsha P. Johnson

Fotografiska New York, an imposing faux-gothic building and one of the museums reopening, at night
Tick Tock

When are New York City museums reopening?

Aerial survey of Rikers, showing different jail buildings
Slow Your Roll

Rikers closure delayed by the coronavirus pandemic, budget cuts

design rendering of a colorful space with adults and children playing
Heard Loud and Clear

Community voices come first in reimagining of downtown Atlanta detention center

empty statue base in a chicago park with a face sticking out
Winds of Change

Chicago will form committee tasked with reviewing ‘problematic’ statues and monuments

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