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Arbor Day: Street Trees of Seattle by Taha Ebrahimi | Trees as Cultural Landscape (at the community scale)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I first heard this concept expressed by David Barth at a presentation in 2004. To get people beyond the single event of planting a tree, it has to be built into the programming--greening beyond Earth Day. US Forest Service community involvement and educational publications. Streets/street trees as linear parks.

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Eastern Market DC's 150th anniversary last weekend | And my never realized master plan for the market

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I participated in a workshop on the plaza led by Project for Public Spaces and Scenic America in 2004 ( write up ). Maybe the food programs of the DC Office of Health could have its food programs housed there like WIC and SNAP. Meeting rooms that are also usable by the public.