On the Ground at NPC
NPC 2023 | Philadelphia
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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NPC 2020 | Houston
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.
NPC 2020 | 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..."
NPC 2019 | San Francisco
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...
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.