As development continues to transform the District, more eyes are turning east of the Anacostia River, a longtime bastion of affordable housing in the city which also contains some of its most-neglected and overlooked communities.

Creative fundraising solutions are required to meet citizens’ demand for public space. Over the past several decades, the funding landscape for urban parks has changed dramatically.

Municipalities across Miami-Dade County are considering “active design” guidelines that encourage exercising, socializing and other elements of a healthy lifestyle.

With work slated to begin later this year on the biggest of the park improvement projects along Waller Creek, there is expected to be a semi-regular drumbeat of news of new funding and collaboration throughout the rest of 2017.

The Dallas-Fort Worth region, with a population of 7.1 million, is already the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States and is projected to grow 55 percent to reach almost 11 million by 2040.

When Robert Hammond first conceived of turning a disused elevated railway on Manhattan’s West Side into a high-design “linear park,” he thought it would attract maybe 300,000 visitors a year.

A $15 million grant will fund a dramatic makeover of Waterloo Park, bringing new energy to a sleepy corner of downtown Austin.

Following the success of New York’s High Line, Miami’s latest urban regeneration project targets the 10-mile stretch of land below the city’s Metrorail, which will be transformed into a public park and art venue.

Since Dallas was first settled in 1841, it’s had a problem with its river.

New York’s High Line is world-famous, but it’s not the only project seeking to transform abandoned locales into beautiful green spaces.