River LA has been selected by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to be part of a two-year process to update the Los Angeles River Master Plan. The Master Plan Team will also include Frank Gehry, OLIN, and Geosyntec.
Friends of the Rail Park’s Michael Garden confirmed that a quarter-mile stretch of Philly’s highly-anticipated elevated park will open to the public this spring, despite ongoing construction delays.
Public parks have emerged as battlegrounds in Honolulu’s response to a changing climate and a growing housing crisis. Could they also hold the solutions?
Ian Garrick Mason’s short film highlights the importance of making space for parks in unlikely places, from under the Gardiner Expressway in Toronto to an elevated railway on Manhattan’s west side.
Art on the Atlanta BeltLine is looking for proposals for their 2018 exhibition. Art pieces seek to enhance the visitor’s sense of discovery and adventure through street-style performances, art-making along the trails, interactive art, and works that embody navigating urban space as an experience as well as a place.
As the US gears up for its biggest infrastructure revitalization project in decades, The Guardian reflects on the long and divisive history of city development in the US and the role that infrastructure can play in shaping lives.
When Manhattan’s High Line opened on the west side in 2009, locals and visitors alike flocked to the revitalized railroad trestle to marvel at its transformation into a gorgeous and walkable park. Arguably the most famous urban adaptive reuse project in America, the High Line made industrial reuse cool and prompted a wave of creative development.
As natural disasters increase, there is an urgent need to address sustainable practices in urban design—focusing on job creation and economic output for those more vulnerable to climate gentrification.
Learn more about the four design firm finalists competing for the opportunity to reinvent Detroit’s 22-acre West Riverfront Park.
The largest-ever study linking city walkability and blood pressure is seen as evidence of the intangible value of urban design: improving long-term health conditions.
