Tags: arts & culture

Take Aways from Open Streets PGH 2025

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James Hollister weighs in on the importance of events like Open Streets PGH, and why a car-free afternoon can catalyze change in every community.

Missing Middle Models: A Milestone for the Mountain West

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Jackson Hole's housing crisis could get relief with the Northern South Park neighborhood development, aimed at middle income families with few affordable options in the Wyoming community.

Ice House Studios Courtyard

Starting with the imperative of controlling rainwater flow, evolveEA's interdisciplinary approach to the Ice House Building Courtyard included landscape design, hardscaping, roofing, plumbing, green roof and structural elements for the public art space.

ART+PLACE: The Roots of Community Identity

Art can knit together the lived experience of neighborhood identity with long term and sometimes abstract principles of community development. The Pittsburgh community of Larimer has been cultivating a local culture of sustainability through ecodistrict planning and has used art and creative placemaking to build capacity around neighborhood stormwater issues, urban agriculture and economic development.