Entries tagged with Revitalization
City After Life
February 8, 2010
How can a city reinvent itself when a big anchor company relocates away from its birth-place?
Eindhoven in the Netherlands is exploring just that question. Work is underway to develop a ‘creative city’ with the aim of bringing new life to the neighborhood.
When The Netherlands’ largest redevelopment…
Alternate Ideas for San Francisco Span
January 13, 2010
In the spirit of breathing new life into disused infrastructure, UC Berkeley’s College of Environmental Design graduate students were given the challenge of thinking big about repurposing the trussed steel span from Oakland to Yerba Buena Island.
Their task was not “simply to recycle, but to renew the steel bones…
Designs on Cleveland
December 23, 2009
Have a look at these exciting new designs that aim to revitalize Cleveland’s downtown area by rethinking its main public space, Public Square.
James Corner Field Operations, best known for their work on New York’s High Line Park, has been asked by two local non-profits Parkworks and The Downtown Cleveland…
Re-invigorating Sculpture
July 10, 2009
Citygarden, a 2.9 acre sculpture park across 2 blocks of St. Louis’ central corridor known as the Gateway Mall, which just opened is a bold step forward for the city in its aspiration to bring the downtown back to life and give people reasons to engage with the area in…
