Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 7, 2022

It had been happening for decades (" Having a Longer View on Downtown Living ," Eugenie Birch, University of Pennsylvania, 2002; Get Urban!: To riff off this, there are five other elements at a minimum that matter a lot, that cities aren't budgeting or planning for, if their central business districts become meccas for housing: public safety.

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Public Safety Parks And Recreation Housing Campaign 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 3, 2023

Once home to a Neiman-Marcus department store, now closed, it's going to be torn down and redeveloped into retail and housing. In the beginning of my Main Street days (2002) districts like Dupont Circle pushed for being included. DC and Montgomery Co. are working on it ").

Housing 52

Housing Management Urban Planning Development 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 20, 2024

Mike Kepka, San Francisco Chronicle, 2002. The reality is that he was right (" More sports: sports-anchored entertainment districts and LA Live." I was too parochial. Look at all the people going to a San Francisco Giants baseball game, and taking transit.

Public Safety 52

Public Safety Budgeting Housing Development 52

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The housing market has just experienced one of the largest upcycles in history. First, house prices increased by 57 percent 1 over the nearly nine years from their post-financial crisis bottom (2011 Q2) through the last quarter before the pandemic (2020 Q1). This rapid ascent was driven by multiple factors.

Housing 52

Housing Regulations Government Accountability 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Since 2003, when I was on the board of H Street Main Street, and advocating that the group create a housing growth strategy in its retail trade area, I suggested that the RFK parking lots, especially along Benning Road, should be converted to housing and mixed use development. October 24, 2002. Other areas too.)

Parks And Recreation 52

Parks And Recreation Development Economic Development Voting 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

. -- " The state of "broken windows" versus "problem oriented policing" strategies in 2016: Part 1, theory and practice ," (2016) (references the speech by Ronald Clarke upon receiving the Stockholm Prize in Criminology) -- " The state of "broken windows" versus "problem oriented policing" strategies in 2016: Part 2, what to do ," (2016) -- " Social (..)

Transportation 52

Transportation Parks And Recreation Economic Development Urban Planning 52

Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

JUNE 5, 2021

In 2020, schools, offices and churches shifted online almost overnight, but the internet held up. After 2020 we know that life can go on even when an entire country is in physical lockdown. I’ve been a small part of the “prophet in the wilderness’ period, penning my first essay on the wonders of eGovernment in about 2002.

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Public Sector Sustainability Government Regulations 52