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VOL. 19/NO. 5 OCTOBER 2006
Table of Contents
PROFILE
State of Nature
The Philadelphia, PA-based landscape architecture and ecological-planning firm
Rolf Sauer & Partners brings its approach of preserving open space and restoring native ecosystems to a variety of campus, park, ecclesiastical and corporate projects. By Kim A. O'Connell
FEATURE
Services Online
With the launch of TRADWEB, Traditional Building introduces an interactive online
directory that consolidates specialized professional and custom services in the historic-
building field into a single searchable database.
RECENT MAIN STREET PROJECTS
Main Street Revitalization: St. Croix Survivor
On the island of St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands, architect William Anglin Taylor
directed the effort to bring the historic Sunday Market Square back to its original
function as a pedestrian-friendly gathering space, as well as to restore many of its
surrounding buildings.
Main Street Revitalization: Shenandoah Urbanism
Frazier Associates is leading the restoration of several buildings and streetscapes in its hometown of Staunton, VA, including the transformation of two historic hotels into
commercial spaces and an old YMCA into residential lofts.
New Construction: Concrete Ideas
A Classically styled bed and breakfast was recently designed by Miami-based Trelles Architects to fit into the mixed-use community of Rosemary Beach, a New Urbanist
development on the Florida panhandle. The building's owner fabricated many of its
elements, including its single-pour concrete cornice.
RECENT LANDSCAPE PROJECTS
Restoration: City of Parks
The Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy, the overseer of the Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park system in Buffalo, NY, is preparing to embark on an ambitious 20-year restoration and maintenance plan.
Restoration: Attention Span
Under the direction of Chicago, IL-based Johnson Lasky Architects, the historic Animal Bridge in Chicago's Jackson Park has been restored and upgraded to better accommodate modern traffic patterns.
BOOK REVIEWS
Place-Making Standards
The Code of the City: Standards and the Hidden Language of Place Making
by Eran Ben-Joseph
Reviewed by Rob Robinson
Victorian Landscapes
Henry Shaw's Victorian Landscapes: The Missouri Botanical Garden and Tower Grove Park
by Carol Grove
Reviewed by Nicole V. Gagne
Washington Review
Capital Drawings edited by C. Ford Peatross
Reviewed by Milton Grenfell
AWARDS
CNU Charter Awards
New Urbanists Honored
Charles E. Peterson Prize
Student Drawing Awards
THE FORUM
Designing for Health
By Richard J. Jackson, MD, MPH
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