To the northwest of Downtown Nashville and the Tennessee State Capitol sits Germantown, a formerly working class enclave with a large stock of historic masonry architecture. Though the neighborhood is situated along the Cumberland River, visitors might hardly notice, as a freight line and series of industrial buildings severed Germantown’s residential districts from the waterfront long ago.A

The University of Arkansas is expanding its campus south into the surrounding college town of Fayetteville, Arkansas, to accommodate new programs and a growing student population. Along Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, a block-sized development known as the Windgate Arts and Design District is taking shape, providing much-needed facilities for the school’s art department. This new academic district is