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The article discusses architectural designing of Optima Camelview Village designed by architect Hovey which features outdoor terrace, streetscapes and architectural design of the buildings.

The article reviews the landscape architectural design of the Michigan Avenue Streetscape located in Chicago, Illinois by Doug Hoerr of Hoerr Schaudt Landscape Architects.

The article focuses on the Project I80 streetscape project of OJB Landscape Architecture to design streetscapes in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and mentions views of Jereck Boss, a principal at OJB, on the same.

The article focuses on the median plantings in the Magnificent Mile at Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois designed by landscape architect Doug Hoerr. Hoerr changes the design throughout the year and replaces the plants with new arrangements of perennials, annuals and ornamental grasses. The nonprofit Michigan Avenue Streetscape Association has committed to maintain the North Michigan Avenue planters for 20 years. Discarded plants are given to nonprofit groups in Chicago for community gardens.

The article presents information about Playa Vista, a 1,087-acre project proposes to bring mixed-used development and neotraditional streetscapes to Los Angeles, California. The multibillion-dollar venture treats its streets as major public landscapes and includes the enhancement of 260 acres of Southern California's largest remaining coastal wetlands. Moreover, the plan strives to identify good rules to unseat typical suburban development patterns.

The article discusses the restoration of designs of the basic infrastructures in Atlanta, Georgia, for the preparation of the coming Summer Olympics in 1996. According to H. Randal Roark, director at the Corporation for Olympic Development in Atlanta (CODA), the primary need for the improvement is to assure minimal standards of visitor safety, comfort and enjoyment. Moreover, several of the significant streetscape improvements involve landscape architecture firms.

The article focuses on the report "Toward Accessible Historic Streetscapes" commissioned by the New York's Historic Districts Council (HDC), which reveals that modem accessibility standards and the preservation of historic paving like streets need not be in opposition.

Correction to the articles "Industrial Evolution" in the August 2016 issue about Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park in New Jersey and "Magnificent Mileage" in the September 2016 issue about the Michigan Avenue Streetscape in Chicago, Illinois are presented.

The article evaluates the Cavawood Bollards made from Alaskan yellow cedar, the Greenscreen's three-dimensional welded wire system for plants, and the Metro40, a collection of urban transit and streetscape furnishings from Landscape Forms.

The author discusses the transformation of Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois into an elegant urban boulevard. He mentions that the scrappy planters have been replaced with flowering beds of plants that change every season, surrounded by wrought-iron fencing that gives the street a look of urbane sophistication. He gives credit to Mayor Richard M. Daley and to business owners contributing to the streetscape setting. He commends landscape architect Doug Hoerr's ongoing involvement in the design.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to the article "Design by Community," by Sally Wood in the October 1989 issue on community design, "Can We Save the Urban Tree," by Michael Leccese in the September 1989 issue on the importance of urban trees, and "Battery Park City," by Catherine Howett in the May 1989 issue on the beautiful urban design found in Battery Park City in New York.