Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 18, 2024

The Tribune article asks the question of whether or not the streetcar is contributing to traffic reduction. The journal article " Making Cycling Irresistible ," inspired my own blog entry in 2008, " Ideas for Making Cycling Irresistible in DC." I'd say definitely not, the ridership is abysmal.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 9, 2022

charlie shares with us an article by Edwin Heathcote, the architecture columnist for the Financial Times , " Can a city be redesigned for the new world of work? There is an article about how public schools are weak in customer service (" Survey: Majority of parents say schools’ customer service needs improvement ," K-12 Dive).

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 11, 2022

In transportation, it means that private parking resources are usually not addressed in parking planning (" Testimony on parking policy in DC ," 2012), private sector operators aren't addressed in planning for various modes. This also came up in comments on a recent Post article on composting, " Composting in NYC is hard."

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Unkempt areas aren't places where people want to live (" Updating the post The "soft side" of commercial district revitalization ," 2006/2016). From the article: In a first for the province — and believed to be unique in Canada — a “vertical school” will be built into the third floor of the project on Lake Shore Blvd. cleanliness.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 20, 2023

. -- " Two train/regional transit ideas: Part 1 | Amtrak should acquire Greyhound ," 2021 The fifth is writing on bus transit. -- " Making bus transit service sexy and more equitable ," 2012 --" Will buses ever be cool? They started planning in 2012, construction in 2014, and opened the first stations in South Florida in 2018.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 4, 2024

3 The release of the FHFA report has also sparked a flurry of articles, op-eds, and think tank reports either supporting or countering some or all the recommendations. This two-part article argues that the root cause of their need for reform is a fundamental flaw in Congress’ design of GSEs.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In turn that would help to spur development of the Pepco power plant site, which stopped producing electricity in 2012, and Benning Road further east, and Minnesota Avenue. From the WBJ : “I think that Chinatown will be fine even if the Verizon Center is moved,” said Ed McMahon, a senior resident fellow with the Urban Land Institute.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 24, 2023

There is an article at Building Salt Lake, " Why isn’t Utah Transit Authority supporting the Rio Grande Plan? ," opining about why the Utah Transit Authority isn't all in on the concept of reviving Rio Grande Station as the "central station" for Downtown railroad and transit service.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 17, 2023

From the article: Badger wrote that the “decision to close the store is the result of the lack of volume coming into the store from the surrounding areas, the COVID-19 pandemic, and public accessibility.” From the article: [Steve] Markel, vice chairman of the Henrico County-based specialty insurer Markel Corp.,

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 1, 2024

| Bilbao as an example of Transformational Projects Action Planning ," 2017 But I have to say that the student "inspired me" to rethink of the bridge park as an opportunity to reshape revitalization planning and practice in Anacostia. The award-winning orchid curtain in the Exhibition Hall at Longwood Gardens' 2015 Orchid Extravaganza.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

DC ," 2011, " Silver line reshaping commercial office market in Fairfax County ," 2015, and " Without the right planning "controls" you can't stop change: Loudoun County and rail service in Northern Virginia ," 2012). You don't complain about system problems when it opens, but before. Proposed Gatineau-Ottawa transit loop.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

An article, " West Side Market to transition to nonprofit management ," in the Cleveland Plan Dealer reports that the West Side Market there is moving to nonprofit management, while the city will still own the building. Recommendation for how Eastern Market should be managed: an independent nonprofit. Anselm's is today. Postcard image.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 10, 2023

trillion in 2016, which at the time was almost twice the size of the Federal Reserve’s balance sheet and became the largest source of GSE profits. During much of conservatorship (specifically 2012 to 2019), strangely, capital was depleted by design. The two portfolios together peaked at over $1.5 Also, the 0.10

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