Battery Park City Streetscapes, New York City.
Rogers Marvel Architects
A proliferation of Jersey barriers installed after September 11, 2001, continue to make parts of Battery Park City, to the west of the World Trade Center site, feel like a war zone.

Cady’s Alley, Washington, D.C.
Sorg and Associates; Frank Schlesinger Associates; McInturff Architects; Martinez & Johnson Architecture; Shalom Baranes Associates Architects; The Fitch Studio (landscape)
In the heart of Georgetown, 18 small warehouses sat vacant along Cady’s Alley, which runs parallel to the main commercial corridor of M Street.

Image © Maxwell Mackenzie

City of Santa Cruz Accessory Dwelling Unit Program, Santa Cruz, Calif.
RACESTUDIOS
Facing a land shortage and ongoing growth pressure, Santa Cruz, California, formulated the ultimate plan for urban infill.

Riparian Meadows, Mounds and Rooms: Urban Greenway for Warren, Arkansas, Warren, Ark.
University of Arkansas Community Design Center
This project combines ecological restoration with the creation of recreation spaces for a depressed, rural community of 6,500 people.

Anacostia Waterfront Initiative
Framework Plan, Washington, D.C.
Chan Krieger & Associates
Left off tourist maps and ignored even by locals, the Anacostia is the District of Columbia’s forgotten river. The Anacostia Waterfront Initiative Framework Plan seeks to change this.

Chongming Island Master Plan, Shanghai, China
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Chongming Island, to the north of Shanghai, China, is today largely rural—but it feels development pressure.

North Allston Strategic Framework
for Planning, Boston.
Goody, Clancy & Associates
Alarmed by Harvard University’s land acquisitions in the suburb of North Allston, Massachusetts, Boston planners and residents decided to partner with the school to create a master plan that will minimize town and gown conflicts.

Jackson Meadow, Marine
on St. Croix, St. Croix, Minn.
Salmela Architect and Coen + Partners
Marine on St. Croix, the oldest settlement in Minnesota, resisted development pressure until well into the 1990s.

Image © Peter Bastianelli-Kerze

Northeastern University West
Campus Master Plan, Boston
William Rawn Associates, Architects
As Northwestern University
transforms itself from a commuter school to a residential one, it is developing more than 1.2 million square feet of new residence and academic halls.

Image © Steve Rosenthal

West Harlem Waterfront Park, New York City
W Architecture & Landscape Architecture
Combining neighborhood rejuvenation with economic development, this project transforms a former parking lot and rail yard into a waterfront park.

Ramsey Town Center, Ramsey, Minn.
Elness Swenson Graham Architects in
collaboration with Close Landscape Architecture
Located in the exurban Twin Cities, Ramsey Town Center is a mixed-use development consisting of 2,500 housing units, 1 million square feet of retail and office space, and civic buildings.