The 1997 winners illustrate that making an excellent urban place requires a vision, a dream, the invention of a new concept or the combination of elements in a way new previously tried.
Visions of Urban Excellence: the 1997 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence includes detailed case studies and lessons learned about the winning projects including:
- The Times Square in New York, New York
Rehabilitation of a historic high-rise hotel into supportive low-income housing
- Project Row Houses in Houston, Texas
Historic shotgun-style homes repurposed for housing, art, and community services
- Hismen Hin-nu in Oakland, California
A multi-cultural affordable housing and retail development celebrating heritage and diversity
- Center in the Square in Roanoke, Virginia
A warehouse repurposed to house and support the local arts community
- Cleveland Historic Warehouse District in Cleveland, Ohio
Historic warehouses transformed into public and private multi-use spaces
Lessons Learned themes include:
- Vision
- Art in the City
- Quality of Place
- Preservation as a Strategy for Change
- Public/Private Collaboration
- Adapting New Models of Urban Placemaking
- Sustaining Urban Excellence