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Outdoor Space and Public Housing: How Do We Design It?
Submitted by erin.chantry on Mon, 08/13/2012 - 12:47pmI have written about the history of public housing a few times on At the Helm of the Public Realm. Studying it as an urban designer and as an architect, has given me many different views on how developments like Pruitt Igoe and Cabrini Green got it so wrong. It seems that every built environment pro... read more »
HOPE VI reauthorization passes House
Submitted by paytonc on Wed, 01/30/2008 - 4:58pmHOPE VI, the acclaimed federal grant program for public housing redevelopment that was guided by New Urbanist design principles (see Part One and
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Tacoma's Salishan: A Safe and Affordable Alternative
Submitted by Joe Menard on Mon, 06/25/2007 - 10:14amOnce a blighted and crime-ridden community of public housing in Tacoma, Washington - today, the area known as Salishan, is redeveloping into a stable, mixed-income neighborhood. Linda Baker's recent article in the New York Times highlights the impact Salishan has had on residents both old and new.
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New Urbanist controversy in New Orleans - Times-Picayune
Submitted by JonZirkle on Mon, 11/14/2005 - 3:00amDoug MacCash cuts through the heated discussions on New Orleans’ proposed redevelopment style called New Urbanism. MacCash interviews experts in the Big Easy, some of who believe New Orleans is more or less a New Urbanist community. With New Orleans’ history of gradual change, skepticism to a ... read more »