Economic impact of big name concert tours: Taylor Swift in Philadelphia
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
MAY 22, 2023
In line before the concert, " Taylor Swift and 69,000 of Her Closest Friends Descend on Philadelphia ," Philadelphia Magazine.
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Proof of Broken Windows theory in Philadelphia and New York City
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
Broken Windows theory (" Broken Windows: The Police and Neighborhood Safety ," Atlantic Magazine , 1982) posits that communities where there are vacant buildings, litter, abandoned cars etc. communicate that it's okay to commit crime.
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Downtown St. Paul needs 20,000 more people to thrive | implications for urban revitalization in the post covid city
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
MARCH 20, 2024
Note that before the book, there was an article in Fortune Magazine , " Downtown is for people " ( pdf ). I actually have the original magazine--from an estate sale in Bethesda, found by Suzanne, not me, but it's in DC. Also see " What would be a "Transformational Projects Action Plan" for DC's cultural ecosystem ," 2019.
Arts as production: The rock music ecosystem in West Seattle
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
OCTOBER 19, 2022
We would call these "naturally occurring arts districts" in the vein of " naturally occurring retirement communities " and what I call "naturally occurring innovation districts" (" Naturally occurring innovation districts | Technology districts and the tech sector ," 2014).
Gaps in Parks Master Planning: Part Four | Seasonality, Activation and Public Art as an element of facilities
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
MARCH 26, 2024
My writings on daypart planning (" Planning programming by daypart, month, season: and Boston Winter Garden, DC's Holiday Market, etc. ," 2016) are relevant to parks planning too. The park allows all community members to enjoy the space simultaneously. Seasonality. Sugar House Park, Salt Lake City.
NBA All Star Game in Salt Lake, economic development hype | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on the Pirates baseball team economics
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
JANUARY 23, 2023
Utah Business magazine claims that the economic development impact of the Game will be as much as $250 million (" The 2023 NBA All-Star Weekend could boost Utah’s economy by $250M+ ").
Florida's Brightline passenger rail as an opportunity to rearticulate and extend transit service in cities like Orlando
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
MARCH 20, 2023
Boston versus the Raleigh-Durham's GoTransit Model ," 2017 -- " What Richmond can't teach DC about bus services ," 2019 Brightline is a new railroad passenger service that started in South Florida, is expanding to Orlando and intends to expand to Tampa.
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