Austin, Texas envisions green, connected, affordable redevelopment of lakefront
Under one scenario of the city of Austin, Texas’ latest vision for redeveloping the south side of Lady Bird Lake, a watercolor image depicts…
Issue #30: July 1, 2016
Cooperatives help New York’s Rockaways recover from Sandy’s devastation
Most New Yorkers rarely go to the Rockaways. Sitting just above sea level and surrounded by water, the narrow peninsula off the southeastern edge…
Artist cautions Manchester, England not to demolish its soul while regenerating
Artist Simon Buckley‘s “Not Quite Light” festival aims to start a debate about regeneration and heritage in Manchester, England. He has been photographing parts…
Carbon Sinks: The next big step in the global restoration economy
Researchers are looking at engineered methods to capture and store carbon dioxide. Each involves known and unknown economic, social and environmental repercussions. Before we…
200th birthday of the American historic preservation movement’s founding mother
Ann Pamela Cunningham stepped to the forefront of preservation history in December 1853, when a Charleston, South Carolina, newspaper printed an article she had…
