Click here to view several urban design and high-density housing proposals for the Lachine Canal in or adjacent to Griffintown. Professor Robert Mellin’s students were individually responsible for devising a program of living and working spaces that addressed collective housing and urban ecology.
The following link will take you to an eBook with all kinds of advice about revitalizing communities (in Pennsylvania), including advice from mayors, case studies, etc.
http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pennsylvania/communityrevitalization/