URBAN RENEWAL

A peek at the 2012 Summer Catalog from Urban Outfitters.

"The beautiful game" is creeping into the American urban landscape in a major way-and Concrete 2 Green (C2G), a grassroots organization headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., is at the root of this resurgence.

In the small city of St. Joseph, Missouri, many home owners have discovered that restoring houses from an earlier age has appeal. Throughout the city, fine old homes have been restored and many businesses are housed in vintage buildings.

Majestic in your unspoken elegance, reflecting the change of season.....

At a time of swift transformation and dark threat, old institutions, like education, must find new models and strategies to create fresh vision and rediscover their core wonder and magic. In the 21st century, this new vision can evolve only through colla

The area of urban Denver that hosts the National Western Stockshow was once ripe for revival. That was until the elevated walls went in to divide and isolate Elyria Park from the rest of the city. People are praying for a breakthrough!

Cleveland and other cities worldwide are experiencing the closing of treasured religious and other sacred buildings. Changing demographics require the buildings cease or find ways for creative reinvention.

This development company is doing a great deal to improve the downtown area of Kingsport, Tennessee, by encouraging businesses to invest and bring employment to the area.

Conclusion of Cuban analysis to hopefully catch glimpses of socioeconomic future awaiting United States. Focus on similarities of widening gap between city and country, cultural trends of power elites, and difficulty of modernization

Planting color into vacant or abandoned properties stimulate a sense of community and can be a catalyst for further renewal.

Stax Records gave the world soul. The independent label then became a victim of Big Music. Stax' contributions to pop music have been preserved in a new museum on the site of its old recording studio.

ISoon my wife, my daughter and I were gliding up the massive marble steps of the Galleria Umberto's main entrance. before us: an architectural masterpiece of glass, steel and stone, and patterned after the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele in Milan.

Since beginning redevelopment in the late 1970's Printers' Row has gone from a collection of abandoned buildings to one of Chicago's hottest neighborhoods. Visitors and residents alike enjoy it for it's central location and outside-the-bustle feel.

Anyone who has an interest in America's premier twentieth century architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, must be sure to visit Buffalo, New York, home to many of Wright's great works.