Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 22, 2025

But: (1) "opponents" are applying what planners would call "neighborhood conservation goals" of keeping things the same to how they approach what should happen on blocks that are in fact targeted for change; (2) even though the material conditions of those blocks--commercial, transit station adjacent, multi-unit, denser--are fundamentally different (..)

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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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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

to fix bad practices, make them democratic instead of just eliminating them ," (2012) (also discusses participatory budgeting) Note that the network concept applies to parks and libraries friends groups, and school PTAs as well. Arguably this could be an element of the transportation post. This entry became very long, so I broke it up.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 24, 2023

In fact, light rail here in Salt Lake was spurred by the 2002 Olympics, it's a small system and doesn't go to all the places it should, but it's complemented by a developing commuter rail program, a dinky streetcar line on the south side of Salt Lake and South Salt Lake, and a decent enough bus system.

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