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Urbanism obituaries, 2022 | Death clusters of people, buildings and organizations as an indicator of institutional failure

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Recently, I thought about demolition of historic buildings in cities like Detroit as deaths, and that they were worthy of a listing in my annual article on "Urbanism-related Obituaries (2022)." Doubling down on place values ," 2022 (this entry has 20+ links to other posts) Deaths of newspapers. Demise of arts organizations.

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Royal Bank of Canada report, 26% of Canadian households can't afford to buy a house

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Sustained high interest rates in the U.S. There were nearly 103 million people living in rental housing in 2022, according to an analysis by the nonprofit trade organization the National Multifamily Housing Council, a 15% increase from 2007.

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Learning what not to do from the New England Patriots football team

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

From the article: “To be good in the business of football today — and good to me is not being good one year, but try to sustain it year in and year out — you have to understand economics and you have to understand value,” Kraft said near the end of his team’s almost-magical 2007 season. “I

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Paris votes to ban electric scooters

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

But as the two-wheeled vehicles grew in popularity, especially among young people, so did the number of accidents: in 2022, three people died and 459 were injured in e-scooter accidents in Paris. The city was a pioneer in public bike-rental schemes when it launched Vélib’ in 2007, beating London by five years.

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From LAX to ONT: The Transfer of Ontario International Airport and its Economic Implications

The Lowe Down

Domestic flights make up the majority of all flights across all years between 2002 and 2022. Naturally, during the recession, fewer people were traveling to save money, so ONT experienced a 2.31% monthly decline from December 2007 to June 2009. We first analyze air traffic statistics before and after the acquisition. of revenues.

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The Primacy of Social Capital for Community Resilience

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Like the idea of individual resiliency, “community resilience is a measure of the sustained ability of a community to utilize available resources to respond to, withstand, and recover from adverse situations” ( RAND Corporation ). April 16, 2007 was the day of my community’s worst crisis, its worst collective trauma, ever.

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Metrorail Silver Line phase two opening this week

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DC does not understand its "unique selling proposition" or "core competency" is being transit- and sustainable mobility-centric. Create sustainable mobility districts and corridors as appropriate, complementing the transit network improvements, especially in the Tysons area, which is planned, but far behind in implementation.