America's First Female Architect Finally Receives Recognition
Louise Bethune was the first woman elected to the American Institute of Architects and was the first female AIA fellow, in addition to founding her own firm in 1885.Publication Date: Wed, 12/18/2013
View ArticleRanking Freeways Without Futures
Back in the days of Robert Moses, it became a sign of progress to thrust freeways directly into and through American cities. A handful of grassroots groups fought back and stopped some freeways at the...
View ArticleHow Well Does Light Rail Attract New Transit Riders?
Yonah Freemark details the complicated legacy of the light rail investments of the 1980s, which have not been very successful in increasing the share of trips taken on transit.Publication Date: Thu,...
View ArticleBuffalo Releases Draft Green Code to Ease Permit Process
Buffalo residents may not need a lawyer or architect any longer to understand the code's requirements about putting an addition or putting a sign up on a building.Publication Date: Sat, 05/03/2014
View ArticleUrbanists Soak Up Buffalo: PlaceMakers Empty Their Notebooks
"The 22nd annual gathering of the CNU wrapped up Saturday night, June 7, in Buffalo.Publication Date: Mon, 06/09/2014
View ArticleBuffalo Rebooting its Code
"'We’re in the home stretch,' explains Chris Hawley, a planner with the City of Buffalo who has been instrumental in writing a new form based code for the city, due to be implemented as early as the...
View ArticleA Proposal for an NFL Stadium in Downtown Buffalo
Andrew Kulyk begins the article for Artvoice with the assumption that if the Buffalo Bills finds a new owner that keeps the team in the city, "we’ll need a new stadium, period." That's despite the...
View ArticleRiverBend Project Begins New Chapter for Buffalo, NY
As reported in The Buffalo News by David Robinson, "Buffalo’s transformation took on new meaning Tuesday when Gov. Andrew M.Publication Date: Fri, 09/26/2014
View ArticleTouring Buffalo's Neglected East Side
The opening of the article by Ethan Powers:Publication Date: Tue, 10/14/2014
View ArticlePedestrian Accessibility the Key to Buffalo's New Green Code
Daniel Baldwin Hess writes the special column for the The Buffalo News. After explaining some of the local context and national precedents that have informed Buffalo's new Green Code, Hess provides...
View ArticleBuffalo: Retrofitting a Rust Belt Capital
"Between 1950, when the population stood at 580,000, and 2000, Buffalo lost about half its residents, hollowing out entire neighborhoods and large parts of downtown.Publication Date: Sun, 03/22/2015
View ArticleInsurance Regulations Threaten Buffalo's Affordable Car Share Program
Because the cost of car share programs like Zipcar and Car2Go can be out of reach of some people who most need the benefits of automobile transportation, a non-profit in Buffalo, New York launched its...
View ArticlePlanning the Future of Buffalo's Outer Harbor Waterfront
Mark Sommer reports on the process of planning a new future for Buffalo's Outer Harbor.Publication Date: Thu, 08/20/2015
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Is 'Brain Drain' a Legitimate Problem?
City leaders often worry about retaining the educated Millennial demographic. "Practically every city has complained at some point about the existential threat of brain drain. Yet, look at current...
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Checking In on the Buffalo Green Code
Aaron Renn recorded a podcast with Mayor Byron Brown of the city of Buffalo. The city is one to watch in planning circle as it seeks to approve and implement the Buffalo Green Code—a comprehensive...
View ArticleCars Credited with a Comeback on Main Street
Mark Sommer writes of a boom for business on Main Street in Buffalo: "The cars came back – and now the diners, renters and shoppers are beginning to come, too."Publication Date: Mon, 05/30/2016
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Rustbelt Cities Continue to Make Play for Millennials
The millennial generations, those born starting in 1982, are being seen as potential saviors of the once formidable Rustbelt cities that have fallen on hard economic times as manufacturing and...
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Geographers Seek Patterns and Solutions to Help Declining American Cities
In a new book published this August, four geographers set out to investigate shrinking American cities.Publication Date: Tue, 09/27/2016
View ArticleTouring Buffalo's Neglected East Side
The opening of the article by Ethan Powers:Publication Date: Tue, 10/14/2014
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