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Summer Lovin'

Daily digest: Toronto’s parks aren’t ready for summer, Manhattan’s Pier 76 opens, and more

Rendering of the Reese Davidson Community and the Venice Grand Canal
Affordable Venice Palazzo

L.A. City Planning Commission approves Eric Owen Moss’s canal-straddling Reese Davidson Community

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Still Alive

Daily digest: The Billionaires’ Row homeless shelter is back on, a portal appears in Vilnius, Lithuania, and more

Rendering of the Scajaquada Expressway, a torn down highway, converted into a riverfront boulevard
Bring ’em Down

Cities around the country explore removing elevated highways with federal funding

A houston highway with a tangle of lanes, set to be expanded under NHHIP
End Of The Road?

A highway expansion project in Houston is the site of a battle over environmental justice

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Forest City Redevelopment

Cooper Robertson awarded riverfront master plan for Middletown, Connecticut

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Google Expands Its Reach

Daily digest: Adopting Notre Dame art, Google is opening its first retail store, and more

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Doing a Community Good

SWA Group tapped for memorial and LGBTQ+ space at Harvey Milk Plaza

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Design Scribe

Pennsylvania State Senator Nikil Saval talks urban planning and architecture criticism

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Up From the Ashes

A new history center in Tulsa’s Greenwood district recounts a grievous past while spurring future change

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Digital Fabrication, Real Occupants

Daily digest: Google overengineers a return to the office, a 3D-printed house gets tenants, and more

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Deep Freeze

A mega mixed-use district could be coming to Downtown L.A.’s Arts District

A large historic hotel building, which will host jane jacobs-themed events
Observe and Celebrate

The first ever ‘Observe Scranton’ festival will celebrate the legacy of Jane Jacobs

Aerial photo of downtwon Baltimore. Urbanist richard florida thinks people will return
Building Back?

Richard Florida outlines his vision for a ‘post-pandemic city’

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A Call To Action

With The Restorative City, the Design Trust for Public Space seeks new ideas to boost health equity

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A New Kind of Collab

The Smithsonian and Autodesk unveil an AI-powered design station for FUTURES

image of an urban playground for the Oslo Architecture Triennale, announcing the theme of Mission Neighborhood
“How We Form the Places We Share”

Oslo Architecture Triennale announces its 2022 theme

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On The Ground

As architects and planners theorized new ways of citymaking, military analysts were right behind

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