Sketching in the CRP Department

In this article, Vicente del Rio reflects on the importance of sketching for planners and urban designers, and reports on an elective offered in the CRP department in 2017. Sketching is understood as a skill and a tool to help observe, analyse, represent, and conceptualize spaces and places, as well as to communicate with other professionals, the clients, and the public

From Downtown to the Inner Harbor: Baltimore\u27s Sustainable Revitalization - Part 2: The Inner Harbor Plan (1967 to 2005)

Baltimore\u27s effective revitalization efforts are internationally recognized in planning and urban design. After the successful Charles Center redevelopment plan in the late 1950s, Baltimore\u27s efforts expanded to its Inner Harbor and waterfront. In this sequel to a two-part article that started in FOCUS 13, Vicente del Rio discusses these later efforts, and how Baltimore ensured a process for sustainable economic, social, and cultural revitalization

From downtown to the Inner Harbor: Baltimore\u27s sustainable revitalization

The revitalization of Baltimore\u27s Inner Harbor and waterfront is internationally recognized as a planning and urban design model. This successful story started in the late 1950s with the Charles Center redevelopment plan for the core of the Central Business Distric and its positive effects on the city\u27s economy. In the first of a twopart article, Vicente del Rio writes about this early plan and its role in Baltimore\u27s efforts towards a sustainable revitalization. Next FOCUS will feature his account of the plan for the Inner Harbor and beyond