Imagine a suburban backyard swimming pool as a tilapia farm. Or rail transit on every big city corridor. That could be the future of "retrofitting suburbia," a method of transforming existing suburban ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

The suburbs boomed after World War II, as housing developments, garden apartments, office parks and strip malls popped up around the nation. Half a century later, many planners say this sprawl is ripe ...

The suburbs have lost a lot of luster in the past 70 years. What was once hailed as a refreshing alternative to the grittiness of city living has been tugged and pulled and paved into a series of ...

“The big design and development project of the next 50 years is going to be retrofitting suburbia,” architect Ellen Dunham-Jones says in an interesting TED talk. Much of that work will be repurposing ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. Next American City: A recent survey found that for the first ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The 3,400 Chrysler and GM auto dealerships scheduled to close across the nation not only mean lost jobs, they also will leave a lot of empty asphalt. Now, ...