Remove Understanding place-keeping of open space
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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

And lots of times when people try to do this, they don't understand why the original project was successful and they fail. I'd say yes. A good example is Bilbao. -- " Why can't the "Bilbao Effect" be reproduced? The Bridge Park will be next to a freeway. Who wants to hang out by a freeway?

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Social Media for Social Good: What role does social media play in creation of and sustainability of social movements? A Social Movement Case Study Examining Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party.

Public Policy Blog

It is my hope that this examination of the OWS and TPM movements in relationship to and in demonstration of Collective Action (CA) will enrich and add to the current body of literature in further understanding sustainability or lack thereof in a social movement orchestrated via social media.