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Recreation planning and financing failure in Philadelphia: 11 of 12 public swimming pools have closed

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I have become enamored with the idea that "master planning" by government agencies should cover the entire sector of responsibility, including other government agencies as well as private sector entities. the USDA's National Arboretum, the Capitol Botanic Garden, etc.

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Great News for Chile

Human Transit

In the 2000s was a key advisor to the project that created Transantiago , a government agency managing all public transport in the capital region. I remember riding a Santiago bus with Juan Carlos in the bad old days of 2004: Bus drivers raced down the street, cutting each other off in hopes of grabbing the passengers at each stop.