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The unintended consequences of converting office buildings to housing: the need for public safety; schools; amenities

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Screenshot, Downtown Pittsburgh Partnership marketing campaign, 2009. It had been happening for decades (" Having a Longer View on Downtown Living ," Eugenie Birch, University of Pennsylvania, 2002; Get Urban!: I haven't written about this being discussed in a number of places like DC (" D.C.

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The Social Media President – @POTUS final #SOTU

Public Policy Blog

Bush administration in 2002. Bush in 2004. Right from the start of his campaign cycle up to his end, social media will have played a key part in his role as leader and figurehead. First president to deliver the speech in primetime was Lyndon Johnson in 1965. First live webcast on the Internet happened in the President George W.