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Metrorail Silver Line phase two opening this week

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Washington Post , July 13, 2003. DC does not understand its "unique selling proposition" or "core competency" is being transit- and sustainable mobility-centric. Improve funding for local transit in Prince William County (" With sustained reduction in gasoline prices, will suburban transit systems lose ridership and revenue? ") 27.

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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

Attendance at Thursday night programs and networking events at Venture Care have drawn an average of 419 people this fall, up from353 in 2019. Characteristics of cultural quarters From Montgomery (2003). Some gatherings are larger now than in pre-pandemic times. Availability of workspaces for artists and low-cost cultural producers.

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Updating the best practice elements of revitalization to include elements 7 and 8 | Transformational Projects Action Planning at a large scale

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

But by then, other cities, especially San Francisco ( Sustainable Mobility and Climate Action Strategy ) and New York City ( World Class Streets: Remaking New York City's Public Realm ) far outspanned DC in terms of improving public spaces. The city did a plan for the area around 2003. They remade it into a full park circle.

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Lack of a system breeds more of the same: Source Theater, Washington DC, up for sale 2006, 2024

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

A lot of my thinking about arts revitalization and more generally as an element of a community's culture was influenced by the failure of a bunch of DC arts organizations around 2003-2006. Ultimately owning facilities is key to protect the city's interest. Ultimately owning facilities is key to protect the city's interest.