Urban Design and (Re)Development | Revitalization Strategies | Imaging Cities

Urban Design and (Re)Development

• Chapter one: Instant Architecture, Instant Cities, and incremental Metropolitanism
• Slideshow presentation about Retrofitting Suburbia from the authors

Waterfront Lessons, a collection of urban waterfront redevelopment case studies from the Cincinnati Enquirer.

Remaking Cities: At What Price?, a 2006 special report series from the Cincinnati Enquirer on the Rookwood Commons development proposal and eminent domain in Norwood.

University of Pennsylvania: A Vision for the Future campus master plan.

Reburbia Suburban Design Competition top twenty finalists - a competition for redesigning suburbia to fit the needs of tomorrow.

Connecting the Dots: Dubai, Labor, Urbanism, Sustainability, and the Education of Architects, a 2009 article from the Architectural Record calling for an interdisciplinary education for architects to integrate traditional architectural principles with Social Justince, Equity, and Environmental Concerns.

Going to Town: New Urbanism Arrives in Northwest Michigan, a 2006 report from the Michigan Land Use Instuitute that includes development case studies and an explanation or New Urbanist principles.

Young Buyers Want Better, Not Bigger, a 2006 New York Times article about the popularity of New Urbanist style residential subdivisions among younger house buyers.

• Scanned PDF, of print article, including photos
• Web link to this article online

Field of Dreams, a 2006 article from The Economist about a neo-traditional new town development in the suburbs of Northampton, England.

Revitalization Strategies

Eight Ways to Use BALLE Calculators - a local economic development tool.

The City Gets a New Lease of Life, a 2011 article about the concept of Creative Cities.

Sonic City: The Evolving Economic Geography of the Music Industry, a 2009 article from the Journal of Planning Education and Research.

From Rust Belt to Artist Belt II: A Practical Approach to Artist-Based Community Development from the Community Partnership for Arta and Culture.

Bibliography pertaining to arts-based revitalization from the Urban Institute.

Crowdsourcing a City’s Entire Downtown, a case study in downtown revitalization through Crowdsourcing.

Cultivating Natural Cultural Districts, a report on the role of arts and culture in urban revitalization from Social Impact of the Arts Project and The Reinvestment Fund.

Crowdsourcing Cool Places for Creatives, a report from CoolTown Beta Communities on placemaking for creatives in central cities.

Imaging Cities

A Short Guide to 60 of the Newest Urbanisms, a 2011 Planning magazine article comparing perspectives on classifying and conveiving cities.

Slime Mold Proves to Be a Brainy Blob, a 2010 article from the New York Times about an experiment in which slime mold reproduced Tokyo’s regional rail network in a petri dish.

Scents and the City, a sensory experience map of Manhattan from the New York Times.

Sociological Theory and Urban Change, a PowerPoint presentation from former Community Design Center employee Patrick Kennealy about social and spatial theory as applied to cities.

Walking the City: Manhattan Projects, a 2006 article from Places Journal about experiencing and interpreting New York City from a pedestrian’s perspective.