ABSTRACT
Urban redevelopment in American cities is neither easy nor quick. It takes a delicate alignment of goals, power, leadership and sustained advocacy on the part of many. Rebuilding the American City highlights 15 urban design and planning projects in the U.S. that have been catalysts for their downtowns—yet were implemented during the tumultuous start of the 21st century. The book presents five paradigms for redevelopment and a range of perspectives on the complexities, successes and challenges inherent to rebuilding American cities today. Rebuilding the American City is essential reading for practitioners and students in urban design, planning, and public policy looking for diverse models of urban transformation to create resilient urban cores.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |12 pages
Introduction
part |44 pages
The Anchor Institution: Leveraging Stability
chapter |16 pages
Buffalo, NY: Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus
chapter |11 pages
New Orleans, LA: Tulane City Center
chapter |14 pages
Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Penn Connects
part |44 pages
The Urban River: Leveraging a Natural Resource
chapter |13 pages
Chattanooga, TN: 21st Century Waterfront
chapter |13 pages
Green Bay, WI: CityDeck
chapter |14 pages
New York, NY: Brooklyn Bridge Park
part |47 pages
The Existing Urban Fabric: Leveraging Context
chapter |15 pages
St. Louis, MO: Botanical Heights
chapter |15 pages
San Antonio, TX: Pearl District
chapter |13 pages
San Francisco, CA: Proxy
part |45 pages
The Urban Park System: Leveraging Underutilized Land and Infrastructure
chapter |13 pages
Atlanta, GA: BeltLine
chapter |13 pages
Birmingham, AL: Railroad Park
chapter |15 pages
Houston, TX: Buffalo Bayou
part |48 pages
The Downtown District: Leveraging Proximities and Transit