Community and Neighborhoods – Page 2

What smart cities can learn from Pittsburgh

Erin Keane Scott

June 23, 2014

With a culture of collaboration, a willingness to change and a focus on creating the kind of urban environment that attracts creative talent, the Steel City has moved from gritty to green and is now poised for ...

Rendering of The Banks development. Photo credit UrbanCincy.

Developing Downtown Cincinnati

Liz Hayden

June 16, 2014

Community and Neighborhoods, Economic Development, Featured

Downtown Cincinnati has been getting some attention for its budding renaissance, and the recent interest is well deserved. The new vibrancy is primarily a result of two redevelopment projects under construction...

Building sustainable new towns for Egyptians

Christian Horn

June 12, 2014

Community and Neighborhoods

Cairo, courtesy of NASA Building new cities in the desert is an important issue for the future of Egypt and other desert countries. Egypt will have an estimated population of 123 million inhabitants by 2050...

Grafton Street, Dublin Ireland. Photo courtesy of imaginingdesire on Flickr.

Better Living Through Place-Making Chemistry

John Cruz

June 9, 2014

Community and Neighborhoods

A rapidly urbanizing world requires new solutions for managing every issue which requires attention. With demographics changing, it is time to re-evaluate urban policy and to identify new ways to make cities sm...

Human-scaled street life on one of Bangkok's side-streets (sois).Photo courtesy of Mark Wiens at migrationology.com

Making the Case for Bangkok’s Labyrinthine Streets

Will Leimenstoll

June 2, 2014

Community and Neighborhoods, Transportation

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Bangkok shares many similarities with its fellow Asian mega-cities; including snarling traffic, explosive growth, tasty street food and a multiplicity of cultures. However, Bangkok’s canal-inspired street layou...

The “Uptown” development in Cleveland was catalyzed by a TIGER grant that helped relocate a rail station. Photo: MRN

How the Federal TIGER Program Revived a Cleveland Neighborhood

Angie Schmitt

May 22, 2014

Community and Neighborhoods

At the corner of Euclid and Mayfield, a new mixed-use development — MRN’s “Uptown” — is filling out, hosting a bookstore, a bakery, bars, and new apartments. Just across the street, the new home of the Museum o...

Can South Africa’s Smart Cities Please Stand Up?

Nicholas Webb

May 12, 2014

Community and Neighborhoods, Culture

Cities are the crucible of our urban experience and for the first time in human history, more people live in cities than in rural areas. We are now truly living in an urban century where our cities are expandin...

Urban alleys become pathways to revitalization

Eric Peterson

April 30, 2014

Community and Neighborhoods

This might just be the most desolate alley in Denver. Under the Evans Avenue Bridge and a stone's throw from the railroad tracks, this is an absolutely forgotten urban place, complete with the requisite tire...

Waltz sod farm in Waltz, Michigan. Photo by thisincredibleworld on Flickr.

Farmers and Urbanists Unite!

Chris Matus

February 17, 2014

Community and Neighborhoods, Economic Development

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A Michigan Farm, Courtesy of Maureen "Mo" Reilly on Flickr. “Two urban planners walk into the Northern Michigan Small Farm Conference.” It sounds like the start of a joke. But there my wife and I were, weav...

Vendors in Bangkok. Photo by Evoflash on Flickr.

Balancing safety and urban vibrancy in Bangkok’s streets

Will Leimenstoll

February 11, 2014

Community and Neighborhoods, Culture

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Street food patrons dine on the road at Bangkok's well-known Sukhumvit Soi 38 Bangkok, Thailand’s bustling capital city, teams with spicy food steaming on street carts throughout its densely packed neighbor...