look at charles village in baltimore.

classic case of new urbanist's coming into town.

specifically look at what's happened on st. paul street, from 34th to 30th street.

if you want to see something genuinely interesting, find a way of walking down from 34th down to the inner harbor on either charles street or st. paul street (preferable since you get to see the odd light street transition). you'll notice a lot intricacies in terms of how block revitalization (what johns hopkins + student money coming into the city have been doing in the CV area) interacts with a decaying city fabric.

i <3 baltimore so much.

Some California examples:

Check out the "North Village Center" in Long Beach by Studio 111 (www.studio-111.com under "urban design") - various types of row houses, lofts, mixed-use, a public parking structure and open space, a branch library in an old bow-string truss cinema.

You might also find some relevant precedents by browsing the Charter Award winners at the Congress for New Urbanism website.

The Village at Santa Monica by KoningEizenberg, Pugh+Scarpa, and MRY

Work by William Rawn Associates (in Boston)

Work by David Baker Partners (in San Francisco)

For less traditional approaches -

Find a copy of the book "Re:American Dream"

Multi-Family projects by Mark Mack and Fred Fisher Partners

LIND Block, Little Italy, San Diego by Smith and Others, Public Architecture, Rob Quigley and others (also search out other work by Smith and Others)

Entries from the 2003 Livable Places competition by:
- Blackbird Architects
- Touraine Richmond Architects
- winning entry by Smith and Others
(Sadly, Livable Places is now defunct, so you won't find the competition results in one single place, and I can't remember all the other competitors)

And the results from the Octavia Boulevard (San Francisco) competition

Thanks so much Alan, thats definitely a great array of examples to look at. I appreciate it!