Lead Story

Meghan McCarthy The Federal Urban Renewal program was supposed to deliver a decent home and a suitable living environment for every American. However, the biggest critique of urban renewal is how it actually displaced millions of people nationwide and failed to rehouse them. In Cities of Tomorrow, Peter Hall documents… read more 

Barbara Brown Wilson Since the first known human settlements in Mesopotamia, building regulations have been enacted to protect the citizenry from potentially deleterious effects of the built environment. As crises arise and cultural practices change, regulatory institutions create new or amend old codes to reflect these societal shifts. The interests… read more 

Julienne Bautista, Catherine Jaramillo and Meng Qi This year, our Point/Counterpoint looks at the role of infrastructure in American urbanism and the effects our physical networks have on the more complex social fabric.  The seemingly innocuous issue of infrastructure has continually struck chords of resentment and resistance in this country. … read more