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WMATA is pathetic: of course it belongs to "the public"

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

In college in the early 1980s, the University of Michigan repositioned its focus on fundraising (what universities call "development") in part by hiring a top development official from Stanford, creating a new campaign, etc.--the the University has successful raised billions since.

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Gaps in Parks Master Planning, Part Six | Art(s) in the Park(s) as a comprehensive program

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Plein Air for the Park is a fundraiser for Grand Teton National Park, where professional artists paint a park scene, and the paintings are sold (" Plein Air in Grand Teton National Park ," Homestead Magazine ). Photo of Lollapalooza 2022. Anti-Semitic vandalism on Anish Kapoor’s Dirty Corner, Versailles, France, 2015.

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Gaps in Parks Master Planning, Part Six | Art(s) in the Park(s) as a comprehensive program

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Plein Air for the Park is a fundraiser for Grand Teton National Park, where professional artists paint a park scene, and the paintings are sold (" Plein Air in Grand Teton National Park ," Homestead Magazine ). Photo of Lollapalooza 2022. Anti-Semitic vandalism on Anish Kapoor’s Dirty Corner, Versailles, France, 2015.