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Purple Line Corridor Coalition study: Same Old, Same Old | Gentrification will result from investment in transit infrastructure

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Poster board from the 2014 meetings. Also see " Op-Ed in Washington Post about preserving affordable housing in the Purple Line corridor (Department of Duh) " from earlier in the year on the same topic. Communities most at risk include Long Branch, Langley Park and Riverdale Park, study leaders said.

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Do Lawyers Matter? Early Evidence on Eviction Patterns After the Rollout of Universal Access to Counsel in New York City

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

In a special issue of Housing Policy Debate on evictions, Ingrid Gould Ellen, Katherine O’Regan, Sophie House, and Ryan Brenner analyze early findings from the NYC Universal Access to Counsel program (UAC). As of 2013, only 1 percent of New York City tenants were represented by lawyers in housing court.

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Arts as production: The rock music ecosystem in West Seattle

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

alongside affordable housing and commercial space, and adaptable buildings--in how it discusses the primacy of West Seattle as the anchor of the rock music ecosystem in Seattle. From the article: On the surface, a budget-proposing government suit doesn’t exactly scream “rock ’n’ roll.”

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Uphams Corner, Boston: revitalization "without" gentrification

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Increases in housing density in the decade leading up to the study period (more units mean low-income people have a place to live even as higher-income people move into the neighborhood); and 8. The presence of community-building organizations (which can put up housing and strengthen social ties) Discussion. how about Waverly etc.

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Google Public Sector announces Board of Directors

Google Public Sector

From 2014 to 2021, Dawn led the CIA Directorate of Science and Technology, where she spearheaded the exploration and implementation of emerging technologies to serve missions, and led the organization’s first restructure in its 57-year history. Heather Wilson From 2017 to 2019, Dr. Heather Wilson served as Secretary of the U.S.

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Revisiting New Carrollton and the opportunity of transit oriented development: New train hall to be built at transit hub

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The new train hall at New Carrollton aims to bind together the development of offices, housing and shops. And it is a part of #12 in the action points list in the 2014 piece. Gensler/Urban Atlantic). I hope they read it.) It would make New Carrollton a much more significant business and residential district. Improve the Public Schools.

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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Five are under the city-- Liberty, Pioneer, Fairmont, Jordan, and Sunnyside, and one, Sugar House, is owned by the city and county both, and run by an independent authority (I'm on the board). For example, one of the things I am lobbying for in Salt Lake is to create an evening shift for park maintenance. There are six large city parks.

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