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Parks and Rec Brings the Fun — Episode 023

Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

On today’s episode, we’re talking with Peter Kageyama, one of the 2018 NRPA Annual Conference keynote speakers. Kageyama is an author, whose book For the Love of Cities: The Love Affair Between People and Their Places was recognized in 2012 as a Top 10 Book in urban planning, design and development.

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DC's 11th Street Bridge Park project

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I have discussed undergrounding/decking for North Capitol Street, the Southeast-Southwest Freeway, and parts of Connecticut Avenue in the core. -- " DC and "city repair" of the urban grid ," 2020 Freeway undergrounding and removal is a trendy move in urban planning these days (" Can Removing Highways Fix America's Cities? ," New York Times ).

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Weird intra-governmental spat in DC over the Washington Nationals stadium

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

It's not particularly forward thinking when it comes to its facilities and urban planning (" The time to plan for retail in and around the Convention Center was long before it opened in 2003 and certainly before 2015 ," 2015, " Yes, modify and extend the RFK Campus lease; No, don't do it for the Washington Redskins football team ," 2018), but then (..)

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Gaps in Parks Master Planning: Part Eight | Civic Engagement and Positive Promotion of Democracy

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

There's an article, " ‘Sticky’ places are urban planning lifelines Shared spaces build community and are key to alleviating America’s loneliness epidemic. An in absentia social bridge could be experienced in the perception of the person who created or maintained the space for the enjoyment of the recipient.

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Arbor Day: Street Trees of Seattle by Taha Ebrahimi | Trees as Cultural Landscape (at the community scale)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

That was in the mid 1970s, and now the trees are maybe 50 feet tall--this photo is from 2018, and the trees in question are behind the garage. I mention from time to time that I collect ephemera related to urban planning and what I am involved in. Some died and we nursed the others.

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Proposal to build new basketball arena in Downtown Philadelphia

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

More importantly, it will test whether the city really can provide the infrastructure, investment, and urban planning solutions necessary for Center City to realize its full potential. We like to think of ourselves as stylish, but the truth is Philadelphians are more likely to rally around James Harden than around haute couture.

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National Volunteer Week: April 16th-22nd

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

It’s good business' " One of the many regrets I have is not getting a PhD in planning. My intended thesis was around urban planning and civic participation and engagement, because local land use issues are the issue most likely to get people involved in local civic affairs, other than having children and being involved in education issues.