America’s most revitalization-resistant city is showing hopeful signs of a turnaround Family firm thrives on manufacturing terra cotta tiles for historic restoration projects Cosmosphere in Hutchinson, Kansas restores NASA’s historic Apollo Mission Control Landscape architects to repurpose former Athens cemetery into revitalized public space San Antonio’s famed Alamo historic site to get $450 million restoration & redevelopment As dirty energy dies, Kentucky’s clean energy trend creates a resilient, revitalized future A colorful mayor and his dynamic wife form a revitalizing team in Braddock, Pennsylvania Yakama tribe helps restore the Pacific lamprey: one of the world’s most ancient fish Interior of the National Library of Lithuania has been restored by local architects Restoring N. Dakota fracking sites tougher than expected; reclamation research begins How Prince Charles saved a treasure that’s now reviving a struggling area of Scotland Can the Main Streets of post-industrial American communities really be revitalized? Regenerative mariculture technology from Eritrea to be reborn in the Sonoran Desert Ghana launches effort to restore landscapes and rivers damaged by illegal mining Five mixed-use projects that are revitalizing four city centers in the Carolinas Former Mexican president says a global restoration revolution is underway After success of first, Wilmington, Delaware envisions another riverfront revitalization Robots & Rivers: How machine learning is playing a role in ecological restoration Crowdfunding the reuse, renovation, and green retrofit of older buildings Detroit’s revitalization boasts many grand projects, but there’s magic in the small ones A bursting retail bubble gives communities a wealth of greyfields to repurpose and renew Milano’s grand rebirth plan will repurpose, renew and reconnect five defunct railyards Niagara Falls, ON launches revitalization program for all 20 neighborhood parks Boston redevelops its redevelopment agency: No more “destroy it and they will come” Locomotive restoration joins Mesa, Arizona’s $70 million park revitalization program Mumbai to boost redevelopment, infill and revenues via release of state-owned land Tennessee Main Street revitalization created 1000+ new jobs and over $124 million in 2016 London’s New Scotland Yard is even newer, with green retrofit of historic 1930 building Indianapolis land trust is revitalizing area by renovating vacant homes for artists Decline of car-centric cities prompts the rise of parking garages that can be repurposed Kresge gives $2 million to 17 non-profits to revitalize Detroit neighborhoods Museum of Nuclear Science and History crowdfunds restoration of two warplanes Houston, Texas mayor launches program to revitalize five distressed neighborhoods EU launches “Blue Economy” revitalization initiative for Mediterranean region Vertical green neighborhoods proposed for residential redevelopment in Chinese cities Norman Foster Foundation unveils new headquarters in a renovated Madrid palace UN-Habitat launches climate-resilient slum revitalization project in five countries $100 million redevelopment of historic Wilmington, Delaware neighborhood begins American firm plans €1 billion regeneration project for historic Port of Cork, Ireland Nigerian architects association to focus on the regeneration of Lagos 225-acre, 80-year-old Ohio golf course to be repurposed for athletics, park, & commerce Sydney’s magnificent Barangaroo waterfront redevelopment reveals new public spaces 3 key points to keep in mind when rebuilding and revitalizing post-war Homs, Syria Mumbai’s historic 1875 Sassoon Docks to be redeveloped as fishing village and museum Liberia’s new generation of entrepreneurial women helps revitalize the economy
