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Weird intra-governmental spat in DC over the Washington Nationals stadium

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

From the article: The District is playing hardball in a dispute with the owner of Nationals Park, effectively threatening to shut down the stadium if Events DC fails to develop the commercial and retail space it promised before the ballparkā€™s 2008 opening.

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What is the competitive advantage for the post-covid city? Doubling down on place values

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Over time, Minneapolis made complementary investments of its own, light rail was added to the program, and the city's decline was reversed.

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