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ART DIRECTOR’S CUT, JANUARY 14
The things our art director, Chris McGee, hated to leave out of the current issue of LAM. Photo by Billy Pope, Alabama Department of Conservation
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Parents and Developer Clash Over Mercury Cleanup Next to Seaport Schools
The lot where the project is being planned, just feet away from two elementary schools, once was the site of a thermometer factory. Adi
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ART DIRECTOR’S CUT, JULY 8
The things our art director, Chris McGee, hated to leave out of the current issue of LAM. Photo by Gerhard Kassner. From “Mine, Ours” by
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How would the American Jobs Plan address insufficiencies in affordable housing and equitable development?
Following up on our previous overview of the American Jobs Plan, we explore some specific provisions related to land use and development intended
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SALT SOAKER
BY ZACH MORTICE The Morton Salt site will feature a riparian ecosystem grown in a synthetic medium. Image courtesy Lamar Johnson Collaborative. In
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MAKING THE BEST OF THE LEAST
BY TIMOTHY A. SCHULER On a cramped site, Superjacent conjures a forest and one of L.A.’s first shared streets. FROM THE JANUARY 2021 ISSUE OF
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Resource for Urban Agriculture – Restoring Brownfields
Beginning Farmers Beginning Farmers - Practical Tools for Successful Family Farming FREE Resource for Urban Agriculture - Land Reuse and
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TO THE CORE
As part of an ongoing effort to make content more accessible, LAM will be making select stories available to readers in Spanish. For a full list of
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Land Revitalization and Brownfield Grants
The Environmental Protection Agency’s Brownfields Program has the power to transform communities. Since 1995, the federal program has assessed over
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SUPERFUND SLUMP
BY MADELINE BODIN Work on the nation’s most toxic sites has slowed. FROM THE JULY 2020 ISSUE OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE MAGAZINE. The nation’s
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Transforming Communities Through Brownfields Redevelopment
Three Lessons from a Virginia Town’s Decade of Success By Deborah K. Flippo and Shawn Utt The promise of brownfields redevelopment is that
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Construction of new railroad overpass in Grandview leads to brownfield clean up
Photo: This one-track rail overpass located near Blue Ridge Blvd and Grandview Rd will be replaced with two tracks and the two-lane road underneath
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BeltLine Awarded EPA Brownfields Cleanup Grant
The Atlanta BeltLine has been awarded a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This Brownfields Program grant will help
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Tax Benefits for Brownfield Redevelopment
By Daniel Pessar (Harvard Law School ’20)[*] There is something fun about watching how the built environment improves over time. Updates to
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THE THIN GREEN LINE
BY JONATHAN LERNER Parks along New York City’s vulnerable waterfront, like the one recently completed at Hunter’sPoint South, are both amenity