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The Value of Urban Reuse: Breathing New Life into Existing Structures and Spaces

Reprogramming the City

Urban reuse swaps out the old use of urban objects for new innovation. Why Urban Reuse Matters 2. Examples of Urban Reuse 3. The Challenges of Urban Reuse 4. Urban reuse is the practice of repurposing existing urban infrastructure , structures, and spaces for new uses. Table of Contents 1.

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Repurposed Lampposts in Stockholm

Reprogramming the City

Before boarding a plane for a talk in Sweden, I received an email asking me to submit an image that represented urban equality to be projected during a panel discussion on the topic. I began thinking about urban structures the embody equality in their service.

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Relearning old lessons: Urban economics, agglomeration economies, and adaptive reuse of "a large stock of old buildings"

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I remember when the multimedia Internet was first launched so to speak, and I was on a marketing e-list where the new field of e-commerce and Internet based marketing was the primary topic. Although the Boston (Cambridge) people really should understand urban economics better. I have been writing about this topic for many years.

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My First Questions to ChatGPT

Human Transit

This thing isn’t thinking about the topic. If this were a high school paper it would get a middling grade for lack of focus on the topic. But the first paragraph is on-topic, and it’s evidence of how thoroughly Uber and Lyft have succeeded in owning large parts of the bandwidth of public chatter.

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AWS convenes public sector and industry leaders on future of AI in federal financial services

AWS Public Sector Blog

Department of Housing and Urban Development. The agenda covered a range of topics, including a fireside chat discussing the White House’s perspective on AI with Elizabeth Kelly, Director of the U.S. Elizabeth Kelly and Michael Greenwald on stage during their fireside chat.

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Gaps in Parks Master Planning: Part Four | Seasonality, Activation and Public Art as an element of facilities

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Design Workshop, in discussing their Branch Park project in Austin, Texas , expresses this very clearly: Accommodating All Generations: When people think of parks, they think of children as the main users, but in reality, people of all age ranges benefit from using outdoor spaces. Plan for all age segments and demographics.

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Public restrooms: single versus multiple-occupant

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Note that the suburbs have restroom facilities in parks too, and depending on how "urban" the places are, e.g. South Salt Lake versus Bell Canyon in Sandy, the facilities are equally or less subject to vandalism and misuse. Design treatments/Public Art. Design treatments/Public Art.

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