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I wonder if Mayor Fenty hadn't dissolved the Anacostia Waterfront Initiative in 2007, merging it into another city agency, if development would have happened faster?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I've written about relocation of DC government agencies over the years as a misguided economic development strategy (" The Reeves Center Myth Revisited ," 2011, " Office Buildings Won't Save Anacostia ," 2005).

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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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Gaps in Parks Master Planning: Part Eight | Civic Engagement and Positive Promotion of Democracy

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Los Angeles has citizen oversight committees for every park facility ( Park Advisory Board s, " Park Advisory Boards in Los Angeles ," 2023). Also see " Third place issues " (2024) and " Strangers are good for us ," an op-ed by David Sax in the New York Times. Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG) Interaction systems.

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Gaps in Parks Master Planning, Part Six | Art(s) in the Park(s) as a comprehensive program

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Photo of Lollapalooza 2022. The Bilbao Garden, Balmori & Associates, 2011, International Garden Competition ( article ). Celebrate Brooklyn is an annual free concert series at the Lena Horne Bandshell in Prospect Park. Children are encouraged to get creative with an arts and crafts project in the Children’s Art Tent.

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Gaps in Parks Master Planning, Part Six | Art(s) in the Park(s) as a comprehensive program

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Photo of Lollapalooza 2022. The Bilbao Garden, Balmori & Associates, 2011, International Garden Competition ( article ). Celebrate Brooklyn is an annual free concert series at the Lena Horne Bandshell in Prospect Park. Children are encouraged to get creative with an arts and crafts project in the Children’s Art Tent.