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2023 reading list and commentary

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I think I stubbornly finished every book I started in 2023 although some of them maybe I shouldn’t have. My plan was to read LESS this year than last year and I did a good job. One hundred and fourteen books. I was busier, happier. I did lower my “books by men” percentage an amount that felt good. average read per month: 9.5

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2023 in Libraries

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Previous years: 2022 , 2021 , 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , 2009 and some reviews from 2003. Hartness/Randolph (1) – I got some books out. I should go by this place more often, it’s such a nice library.

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The Road Not Taken | a response to a letter to the editor in the Washington Post about DC, traffic deaths and traffic safety

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

see the discussion on transportation wrt Eastern Market, " Eastern Market DC's 150th anniversary last weekend | And my never realized master plan for the market ," 2023). for Downtown, H Street NE, Capitol Hill, etc.). And they never functioned the way I suggested (e.g., Vision Zero.

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Wizards and Capitals teams staying in DC after all and the failure of the mansion tax referendum in Chicago have one thing in common: failure to take the time to build consensus

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Georgia introduced a new way to create transportation districts, then expected people to vote up or down in less than a year (" Failure of the transit-roads sales tax measure in Metro Atlanta ," 2012). Nearly all of today’s mansion taxes were enacted or expanded between 2018 and 2023. There are plenty of other examples.

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Country codes: The global dynamics of domain hosting

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The right domain hosting can be a source of profit and a key indicator of shaping international relations and geopolitics Domain and hosting specialists Fasthosts’ 2023 State Of The Web Report revealed 2022’s top-level domain (TLD) registration figures, dynamics, and domain industry trends for the previous year. country code.

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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

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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 Four | Seasonality, Activation and Public Art as an element of facilities

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Waverly Market Pete Seeger tribute singalong, Columbia Heights Plaza, Washington, DC, 2/1/2014 Sometimes plazas are poorly placed, like Freedom Plaza in Washington, DC, so it often goes unused. DC's Franklin Square is more centrally located, but wasn't designed for such a function. Open Streets.