On the Ground at NPC
Join UDPD @ NPC 25!
We'll see you at the 2025 National Planning Conference in Denver. Join us at our joint reception with the National Trust for Historic Preservation and CU-Denver School of Architecture and Planning, the APA Student Planning and Design Competition finalist presentations, and our annual Division business meeting!
Join UDPD @ NPC 24!
We'll see you at the 2024 National Planning Conference in Minneapolis. Join us at the APA Hub, our joint reception with the Economic Development Division, the APA Student Planning and Design Competition finalist presentations and reception, and our annual Division business meeting!
Logan Triangle Student Design Competition
The Urban Design and Preservation Division and the APA Student Representative Council and Divisions Council co-sponsored the 2023 Student Design Competition focusing on Philadelphia's Logan Triangle neighborhood.
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Houston Spotlights: Designing for Change and Resiliency
Our Division Scholar is back with an article highlighting two points of interest in our host city of Houston.
Preserving Community
"A bastion of history and culture for the black community, Houston, Texas’ Third Ward is a neighborhood known for its vibrancy and activism...However, this neighborhood has recently experienced an influx of outside investment and development, generating fears of displacement and cultural erasure..."
SOMA Pilipinas
Located in Downtown San Francisco is the heart of SOMA Pilipinas. The placemaking and participatory design efforts to make SOMA a historically registered Filipino-American enclave exemplify a distinct example of the processes and strategies necessary to preserve a vibrant ethnic enclave...
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About the Program
On The Ground is the Division's way of providing a snapshot of what's going on around the site of the National Planning Conference. Each year we'll bring you original reporting that we hope will inform your trip, and prove to be interesting interjections into your conversations while you're there.