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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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The paper " Evaluating the economics of park-tourism from the ground-up: Leakage, multiplier effects, and the enabling environment at South Luangwa National Park, Zambia " Ecological Economics , 2021, argues that simple surveys can collect this type of information. But even before that I went back and forth on it. economy " Broadway News )./

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Another attempt to raise discussion about the DC Height Limit

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Because that space doesn't exist in DC, either innovative uses don't develop -- such as the nonprofit advocacy sector, which as cheap spaces disappeared groups stopped being created counter to the heyday of the 1960s and 1970s -- or they develop in the suburbs. Social urbanism and equity planning.

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

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So cities have been relying on nonprofit entities--business improvement districts, parks conservancies, etc., Flower chair, Street Furniture Australia. This is going to require much more serious and ongoing public space management, which cities tend to lack the agility and funding for. to provide this kind of service.

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Transit safety and security: Broken Windows theory and reality | and the state of transit safety today

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After a series of violent crimes, leaders here took decisive action starting in 2018. Liverpool Echo photo. In his second autobiography, The Profession: A Memoir of Policing in America, Bratton discusses interviewing for the New York Transit police chief job (which was the stepping stone to commissioner).

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Proposal to build new basketball arena in Downtown Philadelphia

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I hate to admit that I never did much of a literature search when I began development the "framework characteristics" pieces, starting first with Sacramento in 2014 (" An arena subsidy project I'd probably favor: Sacramento "). Some of the work supports my argument.