Andrew CohenAndrew Cohen served as AB editor from 1991 to 2013.HomeDesign Details: Notched Concrete Deters SkateboardersWhen the University of Colorado added a basketball/volleyball practice facility to the downhill side of the 40-year-old Coors Events Center, jaws in the Boulder skateboarding community ...April 20, 2013Rec CenterKroc Center Challenges Will Continue After Construction's DoneThe late-February opening of a 104,000-square-foot facility in Memphis, Tenn., meant that the Salvation Army could count 23 Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Centers in all. ...April 18, 2013Stadium & ArenaDespite Early Criticism, Appreciation of Barclays Center GrowsDespite early criticisms over its look and location, Barclays Center's design is receiving positive reviews from neighbors and critics alike.March 14, 2013HomeLocker Reuse at Center of Locker Room RenovationOne might have expected the renovation of Brooklawn Country Club's men's locker room to yield new custom wood lockers, but members of the Fairfield, Conn., private club wouldn't hear of losing their cage-style metal lockers, which are valued by members and management for their history, large size and superior ventilation.March 14, 2013Stadium & ArenaArena Renovation Dresses Up RestroomsExhibit A in how to dress up the back end of a concrete-block seating bowl, the renovation of Vancouver's BC Place.January 21, 2013ProgrammingActive Design Spurs People Toward Movement and ExerciseBefore there was LEED, there was "sustainable design." Some architects preached it, some paid it lip service, but most everybody maintained that they practiced it to some degree ...January 21, 2013HomeTorrent River's Access Ramp Designed to Shield Users from WavesA common misperception about leisure pools is that they're all alike. Not so.December 25, 2012HomeWorcester, Mass., Looks to Ice to Help Revitalize its DowntownWorcester Common, then 20 acres of green space, was established in 1669. On July 14, 1776, it hosted the Declaration of Independence's first public reading in New England. And on Nov. 30, 2012, for the first time (as shown above), residents laced up their ice skates there.December 25, 2012Stadium & ArenaHow Stadium Construction Costs Reached the BillionsIn some circles, outrage accompanied the 2001 opening of Miller Park, the Milwaukee Brewers' new home. The state senator who cast the deciding vote in favor of a sales-tax increase to pay the public's $290 million portion of the construction cost had been recalled in a public referendum, and three workers had died after a crane collapsed, delaying the stadium's scheduled opening by a year. The stadium's fan-shaped retractable roof proved problematic, necessitating a $13 million fix paid for by a settlement reached between the Miller Park Stadium District and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries of America, averting further litigation. That one signature element was a prime culprit in the stadium's ultimate $400 million construction cost, at the time the second-highest price tag for a new professional baseball stadium.July 16, 2012ProgrammingSports and Recreation Facilities Boost Small-College EnrollmentRick Creehan has been here before. Not here, exactly. When he started out in higher education in 1984, it was as the baseball coach at Allegheny College - a relatively well-known school, where he was given a relatively straightforward charge of producing winning baseball teams.January 30, 2012Page 1 of 2Next PageTop StoriesFacilitiesOhio High School Removes Le'Veon Bell's Name From Field Following Abuse RulingAn Ohio high school exercised some fine print in a naming rights agreement to remove former NFL Pro Bowl running back Le’Veon Bell’s name from its football field.Governing BodiesIllinois Bill Would Allow HS Student-Athletes to Play on Club, School Teams SimultaneouslyGoverning BodiesInvestigation of Trans Athlete Policy Requested In Delaware, Where No Known Trans Athletes ExistLegalFather of Girl Reportedly Injured by Male Player in 2018 Files Title IX Complaint Against MIAA, DistrictSponsored ContentBuilding Community Through Quality Court Design: SDSU Mission Valley River Park
