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Una fotografía de la cabeza y los hombros de un hombre sonriente

Mensaje del presidente

Lecciones que nunca se aprendieron

Por George W. McCarthy

November 2019, Spanish

  “Ojalá no supiera ahora lo que no sabía antes”.   Era un verso al pasar en la balada “Against the Wind” (“Contra el viento”) de Bob Seger de 1980, una reflexión sobre la inocencia y el remordimiento. Si bien le parecía que sonaba raro y no era gramaticalmente correcto, Seger lo conservó porque a […]

City and Regional Planning, Housing, Infrastructure, Poverty and Inequality, Public Finance

November 2019, Spanish

  “Ojalá no supiera ahora lo que no sabía antes”.   Era un verso al pasar en la balada “Against the Wind” (“Contra el viento”) de Bob Seger de 1980, una reflexión sobre la inocencia y el remordimiento. Si bien le parecía que sonaba raro y no era gramaticalmente correcto, Seger lo conservó porque a […]

City and Regional Planning, Housing, Infrastructure, Poverty and Inequality, Public Finance

A mixed-used development sits at an intersection in Oregon. The first floor is a library. The other floors are affordable senior housing.

A New Chapter

Cities Are Tackling the Housing Crunch—by Building Above the Library

By Kathleen McCormick

September 2019, English

  In early 2019, the town of Cornelius, Oregon, celebrated the opening of a new mixed-use development called Cornelius Place. Situated on the town’s main thoroughfare, the building features a 13,650-square-foot public library that replaces one at City Hall that was only one-quarter that size. It also includes a café, a courtyard that will host […]

Housing, Land Use and Zoning

September 2019, English

  In early 2019, the town of Cornelius, Oregon, celebrated the opening of a new mixed-use development called Cornelius Place. Situated on the town’s main thoroughfare, the building features a 13,650-square-foot public library that replaces one at City Hall that was only one-quarter that size. It also includes a café, a courtyard that will host […]

Housing, Land Use and Zoning

An aerial view of the Marygrove College campus and surrounding neighborhood. The campus and neighborhood have many trees. The two most visible buildings on the campus are old

Big Plan on Campus

At a Shuttered Detroit College, a Community Development Experiment Takes Root

By Anna Clark

September 2019, English

  On a cloudy summer morning in northwest Detroit, the campus of Marygrove College was bustling. A crowd of adults and children in bright blue shirts swarmed the green lawns, surround­ed by tents and balloons, readying for the opening ceremony of the Relay for Life cancer walk. A DJ blared rousing music to keep energy […]

Economic Development

September 2019, English

  On a cloudy summer morning in northwest Detroit, the campus of Marygrove College was bustling. A crowd of adults and children in bright blue shirts swarmed the green lawns, surround­ed by tents and balloons, readying for the opening ceremony of the Relay for Life cancer walk. A DJ blared rousing music to keep energy […]

Economic Development

Paulina Lopez speaks to attendees of the Grantmakers in Health Conference in June as part of a tour of the South Park neighborhood.

Climate Resilience

Seattle Utility, Housing Groups Launch Bold Experiment in Climate Equity

By Emma Zehner

August 2019, English

  In 2001, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) declared Seattle’s lower Duwamish River, a major industrial waterway flowing into Puget Sound, a Superfund Site. Later studies of health outcomes for the adjacent low-income South Park and Georgetown neighborhoods confirmed what residents had known for years — in a city known for its commitment to […]

Climate Change, Environment, Housing, Infrastructure

August 2019, English

  In 2001, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) declared Seattle’s lower Duwamish River, a major industrial waterway flowing into Puget Sound, a Superfund Site. Later studies of health outcomes for the adjacent low-income South Park and Georgetown neighborhoods confirmed what residents had known for years — in a city known for its commitment to […]

Climate Change, Environment, Housing, Infrastructure

Un cielo azul claro y claro llena la mitad superior de la imagen y un humedal verde

Proyectos: Cinco temas

De la ciudad de Nueva York a Jining, China, estos proyectos ejemplifican el principio de proyectar con la naturaleza

Editado por Frederick Steiner, Richard Weller, Karen M’Closkey y Billy Fleming

July 2019, Spanish

  Los proyectos presentados en estas páginas fueron seleccionados para Design with Nature Now (Proyectar para la naturaleza hoy) porque cada uno reduce de algún modo la brecha entre la teoría y la práctica, y abre un horizonte más amplio para el futuro de la arquitectura paisajística. Para completar el conjunto de 25 proyectos del […]

City and Regional Planning, Climate Change, Environment, Land Conservation, Land Use and Zoning, Technology and Tools

July 2019, Spanish

  Los proyectos presentados en estas páginas fueron seleccionados para Design with Nature Now (Proyectar para la naturaleza hoy) porque cada uno reduce de algún modo la brecha entre la teoría y la práctica, y abre un horizonte más amplio para el futuro de la arquitectura paisajística. Para completar el conjunto de 25 proyectos del […]

City and Regional Planning, Climate Change, Environment, Land Conservation, Land Use and Zoning, Technology and Tools

Recuerdos

Acordes y desacuerdos: la inolvidable melodía de Ian

Por Laurie Olin

July 2019, Spanish

La publicación de Design with Nature (Proyectar con la naturaleza) cambió el campo de la arquitectura paisajística para siempre. El libro, su punto de vista ecológico, el método racional y el autor también tuvieron un importante efecto positivo en mi propia vida y en mi carrera. La primera vez que escuché hablar de Ian McHarg […]

City and Regional Planning, Climate Change, Environment, Land Conservation, Land Use and Zoning, Technology and Tools

July 2019, Spanish

La publicación de Design with Nature (Proyectar con la naturaleza) cambió el campo de la arquitectura paisajística para siempre. El libro, su punto de vista ecológico, el método racional y el autor también tuvieron un importante efecto positivo en mi propia vida y en mi carrera. La primera vez que escuché hablar de Ian McHarg […]

City and Regional Planning, Climate Change, Environment, Land Conservation, Land Use and Zoning, Technology and Tools

Reflexión

Atravesar antes de transeccionar

Por Anuradha Mathur

July 2019, Spanish

Ian McHarg me introdujo a la transección ecológica. Me situó de una forma única en la tierra donde hacía poco había llegado como estudiante desde la India, a 12.000 kilómetros de distancia. No solo estaba en Filadelfia; estaba en una línea dibujada desde los montes Apalaches que pasaba por la meseta Piedmont y llegaba a […]

City and Regional Planning, Climate Change, Environment, Land Conservation, Land Use and Zoning, Technology and Tools

July 2019, Spanish

Ian McHarg me introdujo a la transección ecológica. Me situó de una forma única en la tierra donde hacía poco había llegado como estudiante desde la India, a 12.000 kilómetros de distancia. No solo estaba en Filadelfia; estaba en una línea dibujada desde los montes Apalaches que pasaba por la meseta Piedmont y llegaba a […]

City and Regional Planning, Climate Change, Environment, Land Conservation, Land Use and Zoning, Technology and Tools

This picture shows several people laying down a new colorful crosswalk on a paved road.

Legacy Cities

Three Rust Belt Cities Share Strategies for Equitable Revitalization

By Emma Zehner

May 2019, English

  F or an afternoon, in 2015, residents temporarily transformed an aging business district in Akron, Ohio’s North Hill neighborhood. Local business owners and leaders worked with the Better Block Foundation to demonstrate what more was possible for the intersection of North Main Street and Cuyahoga Falls Avenue. Pop-up businesses, parklets, bike lanes, and art […]

City and Regional Planning, Economic Development, Land Markets, Land Use and Zoning, Local Government

May 2019, English

  F or an afternoon, in 2015, residents temporarily transformed an aging business district in Akron, Ohio’s North Hill neighborhood. Local business owners and leaders worked with the Better Block Foundation to demonstrate what more was possible for the intersection of North Main Street and Cuyahoga Falls Avenue. Pop-up businesses, parklets, bike lanes, and art […]

City and Regional Planning, Economic Development, Land Markets, Land Use and Zoning, Local Government