Visions of New Brunswick

Andrew I. Kay View Portfolio In this exercise, a site plan is created using Adobe Illustrator for a project for a “proposed” site, which in reality has already been completed. The basemap is from the 2002 orthophotography, taken before the construction of the Heldrich...

Bloomfield Center and Easton Avenue

Tiffany Pryce View Portfolio The site detailed is the “Six Points” downtown center of Bloomfield township. Bloomfield center was once the prime location for shopping and dining in the town but has been in decline for years. This drawing shows the Phase 1 portion of...

Chamazi Resettlement Project, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Margaret Rose Ricke View Portfolio The major goal of the Chamazi Project is to provide safe, secure and attainable housing for more than 500 families. The Federation and CCI have pursued a variety of strategies in pursuit of this goal. They have worked with municipal...

The Embankment: Jersey City, New Jersey

Jessica Hubbard View Portfolio Located among nine historic districts in downtown jersey city, the embankment is an elevated structure that once supported the tracks of the Pennsylvania railroad to the Hudson river waterfront. as of 1999, the structure itself is also...

Schneider earns APTR Certificate of Excellence

Dona Schneider, Professor and Associate Dean for Programs, was presented a Certificate of Excellence from the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR) for “efforts to advance the teaching of prevention, population health, and public health.” Schneider...

Holcomb awarded AAG Distinguished Teaching Honors

Briavel Holcomb, a professor of geography and planning at the Bloustein School, is the recipient of the Distinguished Teaching Honors award from the Association of American Geographers for 2012. AAG Honors are the highest awards offered by the Association of American...

Advance and Rutgers Report

A Tripartite Post-Recession Rebalancing (November 2011) Advance & Rutgers Report 7: 1-8. Economic Soft Patch 2: A Second-Half Rebound or Redux? (August 2011) Advance & Rutgers Report 6: 1-14. Solar Power in the Garden State (May 2011) Advance & Rutgers...

Asbury Park Redevelopment Study

Marley Bice View Portfolio Asbury Park, New Jersey has undergone several generations of decline and rebirth since it was founded in 1874. At various times, it has been an up-scale resort town, an undergound music scene and a gay community mecca. Today, interest has...

An Open Space Vision for Arizona State University

Andrew J. Lappitt View Portfolio Arizona State University is a public research university with very high research activity in Tempe, Arizona. One strategy in enabling sustainable cities is stressing the importance of open space. Over the years, concern from students,...

Milford Renewable Energy Feasibility Study

Milford Renewable Energy Feasibility Study In the fall of 2010, a planning studio was convened around the topic of renewable energy at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.  Planning studios...