The links indexed below lead to Adobe Acrobat (PDF) files summarizing UDC projects from the past few years. Browse the entire list or click on the category headings to go to projects of a particular type. Click here for selected projects completed before 1998.

Urban Neighborhoods
Commercial Corridors
City Centers
Public Places
Suburban Sites
Towns and Villages
Historic Preservation and Adaptive Reuse
Campus Planning


Urban Neighborhoods
Beulah Park Neighborhood Plan (Cleveland) - coming soon
Alternative concept for proposed infill development in the midst of a tightly knit waterfront community

Cudell Commons Transit-Oriented Development (Cleveland) - coming soon
Detailed study for streetscape and circulation improvements in the vicinity of a rapid transit station

Cudell-Edgewater Neighborhood Master Plan (Cleveland)
Overall examination of development priorities for a neighborhood on Cleveland's west side

Garrett Square Design Guidelines (Cleveland and East Cleveland) - coming soon
Commercial and public space guidelines for an inner-city commercial node

Miles Park Neighborhood Concept (Cleveland)
Intervention in the historic Miles Park area proposing mixed-use development and new green spaces

Morgana Crossing - Slavic Village (Cleveland)
Development alternatives for a new mixed use commercial core on one of the sites studied in the Neighborhood Master Plan

St. Stephen's Neighborhood Plan (Cleveland)
Streetscape improvements and infill proposals to help a West Side Cleveland church turn around its neighborhood

Slavic Village Land Use Plan (Cleveland)
Redevelopment alternatives for several large parcels in the heart of an historic Cleveland neighborhood

Union-Miles Neighborhood Master Plan (Cleveland) - coming soon
Coordinated proposals for improvements to housing, land use mix and recreational opportunities for an urban neighborhood

West Hill Neighborhood Zoning Study (Akron)
Community-based study looking at administrative strategies for reversing negative trends in an urban residential community

Wick Park Neighborhood Revitalization Concept (Youngstown)
Concept for economic revitalization and design guidelines for new development in a distressed historic district


Commercial Corridors
Broadway Scenic Byway (Cleveland) - coming soon
Strategy for thematic and wayfinding enhancements to mark a route through the historic Industrial Valley and Slavic Village areas

Buckeye Road Core Area Redevelopment Strategy (Cleveland)
Reuse and redevelopment guidelines for a historic neighborhood core

Detroit Avenue East Land Use Plan (Cleveland) - coming soon
Infill development strategy for the corridor running through the northern part of Cleveland’s growing Ohio City neighborhood

Detroit Avenue Land Use Plan (Cleveland)
Infill development and streetscape improvements to restore consistency to a corridor marred by patchwork strip development

Highland Square Design Guidelines (Akron)
Guidelines and land use concept for new development in a revitalizing commercial area

Lee-Harvard Neighborhood Development Plan (Cleveland)
Plans for redevelopment of an incoherent corridor that has failed to develop in tandem with a relatively affluent surrounding neighborhood

Madison Avenue Redevelopment Concept (Cleveland) - coming soon
A plan for infill development and right-of-way improvements along a varied stretch of road through Cleveland’s Detroit-Shoreway and Cudell neighborhoods

Mount Pleasant Neighborhood Commercial District (Cleveland)
Infill development and design guidelines for a once-thriving streetcar corridor that has decayed severely in recent decades

St. Clair Avenue Revitalization Strategy (Cleveland)
Analysis of development opportunities and constraints for the area centered on St. Clair Avenue in Cleveland's Collinwood neighborhood

West 25th Street Scenic Byway (Cleveland)
Strategy for thematically linked commercial developments along a five-mile stretch of road paralleling the CanalWay Ohio National Heritage Corridor


City Centers
Downtown and Harbor Districts Revitalization (Ashtabula)
Concepts for historic main street and waterfront in a Great Lakes port city

Lower Euclid Design Guidelines (Cleveland) - coming soon
Guidelines for commercial redevelopment and historic building improvements in conjunction with the reconstruction of the right-of-way of Downtown Cleveland's main street


Public Places
Church of the Nazarene Parking Lot Conversion (Cleveland)
Phased conversion of an under-used parking lot into a recreational and gathering space for an urban neighborhood

Detroit-Superior Bridge Improvements (Cleveland)
Project to convert the outer lanes of a large bridge to pedestrian and cyclist use

Orchard Schoolyard Conversion (Cleveland) - coming soon
Study of pedestrian and neighborhood connections in conjunction with a project to convert an elementary school parking lot into a playground and learning garden

West 49th/Shoreway Traffic Calming (Cleveland) - coming soon
Public improvements to slow traffic entering an urban neighborhood


Suburban Sites
Bay Village Retail Development Strategy (Bay Village) - coming soon
Plan for new commercial development in a suburban community undersupplied with convenience retail

First Suburbs Consortium Housing Initiative (Cuyahoga County) - coming soon
Design solutions to enhance the competitiveness of neighborhooods of bungalow and two-family houses in six Cleveland suburbs

Kent Special Plannning Areas: 261/43 (Kent) - coming soon
Proposal for an environmental responsible, mixed-use development of a large privately owned parcel at risk for ill-conceived single-use development

Kent Special Planning Areas: West Main Street (Kent) - coming soon
Design guidelines for improving the image and livability of an auto-oriented strip that serves as a major "gateway" to the City of Kent

Vine Street Corridor Revitalization Study (Eastlake) - coming soon
Guidelines for redevelopment of a disjointed commercial strip to be implemented in conjunction with construction of a new minor league baseball stadium

Center Ridge Road Design Guidelines (Westlake) - coming soon
Guidelines for preservation, infill development and signage along an aging suburban strip


Towns and Villages
Amherst Downtown Revitalization Concept (Amherst)
Guidelines and new public spaces for a village in Lorain County

Kent Special Planning Areas: Campus Link (Kent) - coming soon
Concept for pedestrian improvements and siting of new facilities to create a vibrant environment linking Kent State University and Kent's downtown business district

Newbury Township Civic Area Improvements (Newbury)
Coordinated landscape and facade improvements to make a unified campus out of a number of disconnected civic buildings that serve a township in Geauga County


Historic Preservation and Adaptive Reuse
Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art Space Improvements (Cleveland)
Placement of exterior signage and supergraphics for an art center housed in a former warehouse space


Campus Planning
Cleveland State University Master Plan (Cleveland) - coming soon
Comprehensive plan for an urban campus originally planned in the 1960s with an emphasis on opening the campus to the surrounding urban fabric and identifying opportunities for related private development

St. Ignatius High School Expansion (Cleveland)
Expanding a preparatory school while better integrating its campus with an historically sensitive neighborhood