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2023 reading list and commentary

Librarian.net

I think I stubbornly finished every book I started in 2023 although some of them maybe I shouldn’t have. My plan was to read LESS this year than last year and I did a good job. One hundred and fourteen books. I was busier, happier. I did lower my “books by men” percentage an amount that felt good. average read per month: 9.5

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Revisiting the 11th Street Bridge Park project as an opportunity rather than a folly: a new revitalization agenda for East of the River, DC

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

To its credit the Bridge Park has helped develop a land trust, but I don't see it doing that much (" Scattered site buying of houses in high cost neighborhoods doesn't seem to be a good way to develop scale for a community land trust ," 2023). -- Douglass Community Land Trust The fourth is using the bridge to leverage arts and culture.

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Community building versus economic development

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Philadelphia 76ers ," 2023 ). I think the alternatives proposed by the community are ridiculous. ," Washington Business Journal , 2016). and Baltimore metropolitan areas ," Transport Policy , 2014. Principles that drive my approach to urban revitalization (that the average citizen never thinks about).