A little-known tax incentive could provide important investment to areas that haven't yet recovered from the Great Recession, but the incentives don't come without risks.
The Obama Presidential Center is poised to transform Chicago's Jackson Park, as well as its surrounding neighborhoods. But residents want a binding community benefits agreement.
Large-scale federal investment in American cities between 1950 and 1974 had some lasting benefits in economic growth, researchers say, despite the bad rap it currently has.
How community activists are taking city planning into their own hands and creating pedestrian-friendly blocks via pop-up urbanism.
Late urban champion's notions about decline and imports newly resonant during this recession.
A flood of ideas has brought unacknowledged progress toward a 'new' New Orleans, but big business still has to be persuaded to invest.