Guest Article: A Call for Innovation in Urban River Restoration Women’s Community Revitalization Project creating infill affordable housing in Philly Unique Cincinnati partnership uses 4 tax credits to restore historic 1908 theater A new metric for urban revitalization: The Infill Score Iconic Blackburn (UK) building to be repurposed as restaurant, bar, & theatre A Kansas county asks: Can we restore public health by restoring our parks? Restoring versus rehabilitating your historic house: Ten tips Massive mixed-use, transit-oriented rebirth of badly-planned Tysons, Virginia underway Minneapolis neighborhood honored as a model for urban revitalization Pittsburgh’s post-industrial rebirth as the “Paris of Appalachia” BC’s revitalizing tax tackles two crises: Affordable housing & absentee ownership New Orleans to revitalize economy & boost resilience by making friends with water Renovating LOVE in the City of Brotherly Love: A park is reborn above a parking lot Badly-designed public housing towers: Demolish or renovate? The many revitalizing effects of urban historic districts Abandoned historic farm colony on Staten Island, New York to get $91 million rebirth Renovated 1881 cigar factory to be campus for architecture & historic preservation Seattle urban farm expands in low-income area, and teaches wetland restoration Philadelphia’s “High Line Park” dream for repurposed railway is about to come true Cars devitalize, plants revitalize: Madrid, Spain is banning autos & restoring parks Bristol, Connecticut brownfield to become a state-of-the art fuel cell powerplant Missouri’s Restorative Justice Gardens give 91 tons of fresh produce to needy Huge, long-vacant resort near Disney World to get a $10 million rebirth Old school is reborn as affordable senior housing and helps revitalize neighborhood Cars Kill Cities: Using parking meters to revitalize downtowns Promoting greener, more equitable redevelopment of New Jersey cities Why We Hike: The restorative power of wilderness A Maryland farm is repurposed to fight hunger among the local poor Burying a badly-planned highway to reconnect & resurrect neighborhoods Sisters honored for designing housing in abandoned quarry & ancient brewery site Revitalizing downtown by making it easier for businesses to reuse old buildings Bristol, UK boosts downtown regeneration with residential rentals on derelict site Edmonton, Alberta demonstrates the revitalizing power of urban trees Abandoned commercial airports are being repurposed and revitalized worldwide Detroit non-profit furthers revitalization of vibrant Mexicantown neighborhood A regenerating town near Fukushima plants “disaster prevention green spaces” Oregon city’s challenge reflects American infrastructure renewal crisis Architect wants to extend Manhattan’s High Line Park into the sky Organic honey revitalizes Cuban export economy as pollinators die off worldwide How turkey love is revitalizing Chicago’s distressed neighborhoods New Britain, CT seeks Tax Increment Financing to revitalize their downtown West Chester, Ohio uses TIF to improve infrastructure and attract redevelopment Vision + Cooperation + Connectivity = Downtown revitalization in Des Moines, IA Restoring, revitalizing, and greening New Orleans’ devastated Lower 9th Ward Urban Commons: A new old way to revitalize the social life of cities?
