Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
NOVEMBER 26, 2023
can do to start working better together as a region (Baltimore Business Journal op-ed ," 2016), and I support efforts to do this for St. It was probably easier for Louisville because Knoxville city and Knox County had merged some functions--but not the city and county--years before. Louis City and County (" St.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
You can never stop (" MAIN STREET NICHES IN A MASS SALES WORLD ," Neil Peirce, 2004). And probably the death of Joe Englert, the impresario who helped develop many of the early establishments on the corridor, many with particularly interesting and creative business models, hasn't helped.
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Disaster Planning and Emergency Management
OCTOBER 23, 2020
There were major exercises on pandemics in 2005, 2007 and 2016. The last two of these were either not developed enough or were allowed to lapse. No country other than the UK has spontaneously abandoned its basic law on emergency management (in this case the Civil Contingencies Act of 2004). Exercise Cygnus Report.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
MARCH 21, 2024
A problem on Market East and in Philadelphia, they said, is the city government only contemplates the future in response to developers’ wishes. Plus they have a bias against development to begin with, think developers are monsters because they make profits, etc. Most economic development planners don't know the difference.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
JULY 25, 2022
In " Back to School #3: College " (2016) I mention a number of elements (slightly edited): -- In most communities, colleges and universities are major property owners, and even developers (" Project Rehab, University City District, Philadelphia: Best Practice Neighborhood Stabilization Program ," " What do universities owe abutting communities?
PMRA (Public Management Research Association)
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
I was thus intrigued by a review of Whiplash: How to Survive our Faster Future (New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2016) by Joi Ito and Jeff Howe. This last theory I found particularly intriguing – especially given my interest in mapping as a tool for strategy development. What might compass over map mean?
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
In 2009, I was appointed to serve on the Community Advisory Committee, representing the Eastern Market Preservation and Development Corporation. I participated in a workshop on the plaza led by Project for Public Spaces and Scenic America in 2004 ( write up ). It laid the groundwork for connecting civic assets.
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