Land Lines Outubro 2019
Features
At a Shuttered Detroit College, a Community Development Experiment Takes Root
Detroit’s Marygrove College is closing its doors, but a new school serving preschoolers through graduate students is taking shape on its campus. Thanks to an innovative public–private partnership focused on land use and education, neighborhood students will have a new place to learn — and this...
Cities Are Tackling the Housing Crunch—by Building Above the Library
Defying predictions that they would die in the digital age, public libraries are finding new life as multipurpose community hubs. Now some cities, including Chicago and Miami, have begun to integrate libraries and affordable housing in mixed-use developments.
Active Learning Puts a Spin on Urban Planning Education
Board games? Cartoons? Crossword puzzles? These are just a few examples of tools the Lincoln Institute and other educators are bringing to urban planning courses in an effort to foster a more interactive, student-centered learning experience.
