ABSTRACT
Cities have always reinvented themselves; urban land has constantly been redeveloped. Today, urban redevelopment is an ever-growing phenomenon in North America, more and more urban communities are reinventing themselves; land that was built upon, utilized, then as times change, structures are demolished and new ones built, land was reused over and over. The sixty-year-history of redevelopment of the Eastwick neighborhood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, tells the story of moving from top down urban renewal to eventually increased community engagement and environmental justice. Baltimore became a model of urban revitalization exported and emulated in Boston, New York and other cities around the US and the world. There are a range of new zoning tools, such as form-based zoning and overlay districts that can help guide urban redevelopment. Suburban communities from Cathedral City, California, to Silver Spring, Maryland, and relatively small cities such as Asheville, North Carolina, have successful redevelopment projects.
