Can the banks along the notoriously polluted Gowanus Canal become a glittering new park attracting visitors from across the city?

Stark boundaries—rich vs. poor, black and brown vs. white—begin to break down as people share parks, trails, libraries, nature centers, and other gathering places.

The six-lane Innerbelt connector obliterated downtown Akron in the 1970s. Next summer, it’s going to be covered in trees.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s downtown development plan allows developers to build taller and denser in Chicago’s downtown areas in exchange for payments into a pool of funding he calls the Neighborhood Opportunity Fund.

Sims Bayou, one of nine bayous being transformed under the Bayou Greenways 2020 initiative, celebrated its ribbon cutting for the Sims Bayou Greenway on June 12.

A proposed urban beach project on Detroit’s Riverfront has been chosen as a winning idea in a national grant competition.

The city will make a decision on the proposed QueensWay in the upcoming months, according to Mayor Bill de Blasio.

The city, the Commonwealth and the William Penn Foundation together have committed $215 million of the $225 million needed to build the cap over I-95.

Judy Matthews likens the towering concrete supports known as “bents” that hold up Toronto’s Gardiner Expressway to the arches of a cathedral.

As early as next year, Houston could have a rough outline for the first highway park in the United States.