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DC's 11th Street Bridge Park project

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I have discussed undergrounding/decking for North Capitol Street, the Southeast-Southwest Freeway, and parts of Connecticut Avenue in the core. -- " DC and "city repair" of the urban grid ," 2020 Freeway undergrounding and removal is a trendy move in urban planning these days (" Can Removing Highways Fix America's Cities? ," New York Times ).

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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I'm not into it, but it's a kind of extension of that idea, but for space and place.

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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

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. Other architecture schools and urban design centers do have urban locations.

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The unintended consequences of converting office buildings to housing: the need for public safety; schools; amenities

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

. -- " The layering effect: how the building blocks of an integrated public realm set the stage for community building and Silver Spring, Maryland as an example ," 2012 -- " Better practices in parks planning: Montgomery County Energized Places initiative ," 2017 -- " From more space to socially distance to a systematic program for pedestrian districts (..)