With contributions from Carson Hartmann In many cities across the country, older neighborhoods are experiencing intense development pressures. City planners, preservationists, and residents are considering how to maintain community identity while also accommodating growth. In such scenarios,...
2019 Hidden in Plain Sight Adaptive Reuse Summit presentation by Jim Lindberg, Vice President of the Research & Policy Lab at the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Presented March 1, 2019 in Norwalk, CT. #ReUrbanism #OlderSmallerBetter #ResearchandPolicyLab
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In 2014, the Preservation Green Lab used statistical analysis and spatial modeling to measure the impact of older, smaller fabric on the performance of Seattle, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. The methodology has since been validated in a number of other cities, including Louisville,...
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The Preservation Green Lab is always looking for opportunities to test our idea that building reuse should be a key strategy for supporting community health, equity, and resilience. Our ongoing work building the Atlas of ReUrbanism does just that by quantifying the benefits that older...
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Through ReUrbanism , the Preservation Green Lab staff has focused its attention on the relationship between old buildings and the challenges and solutions for cities in the 21st century. Our team lives and works in cities—including Seattle; Denver; Washington, D.C.; and New York—and we’re tuned...
My first visit to Tucson in 2014 was full of surprises: 111 degrees is hot, but it doesn’t kill you. Mexican food in Arizona is entirely different than Mexican food in my native Texas. (Both are delicious, for the record.) And, man, does Tucson have beautiful older and historic buildings...
In 2014, the Preservation Green Lab used statistical analysis and spatial modeling to measure the impact of older, smaller fabric on the performance of Seattle, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. This report brings that methodology to a new location: Tucson, AZ. A collaboration with the city...
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All across America, blocks of older, smaller buildings are quietly contributing to robust local economies and distinctive livable communities. This groundbreaking study demonstrates the unique and valuable role that older, smaller buildings play in the development of sustainable cities. Building...
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Older, Smaller, Better All across America, blocks of older, smaller buildings are quietly contributing to robust local economies and distinctive livable communities. This groundbreaking study demonstrates the unique and valuable role that older, smaller buildings play in the development of...
The National Trust’s Preservation Green Lab recently published a pioneering report, Older, Smaller, Better: Measuring how the character of buildings and blocks influences urban vitality . This 109-page report uses the vast amount of electronic data available to researchers today&mdash...
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