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The town (or place) that art saved(?): arts as revitalization versus arts as community building

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Many years ago Leimert Park in Los Angeles was featured in the Washington Post as a black-business district (" Los Angeles's Black Pride: Taking In the Retro Vibe of Leimert Park ," places , 2006). I visited it back then and wasn't impressed. But it provided the bones for a model. Especially with amped up investment.

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The Heavy Lift to Implement GSE Reform-Recap-Release: Part 2: Charter-defect Reforms

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

trillion circa 2006 and became the source of most F&F profits. 8] The large discretionary investment portfolios introduced large liquidity and earnings risks onto the balance sheet of F&F, which became evident in 2007 and 2008. 24] By comparison, circa 2006, it accounted for roughly one-third of mortgage assets. [25]

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Richard's Rules for Restaurant-Based Revitalization: New business models are needed for 2025

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

. -- " Displacement of retail businesses through increasing property tax assessments ," (2005) -- " Forcing Displacement by the disconnection of tax assessment models from public policy goals ," (2005) -- " Displacement of retail businesses through increasing property tax assessments ," (2005) -- " Dupont Circle's changing retail environment covered (..)

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The Heavy Lift to Implement GSE Reform-Recap-Release: Market-Improving Reforms (Part 4 of 4)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

” With the bursting of the mortgage bubble beginning in 2007, mortgage credit providers nationwide, including F&F, soon abandoned the historic practice of addressing defaulted borrowers by almost immediately moving to foreclosure. Mandating a standard loss mitigation “waterfall.”

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2021 reading list and commentary

Librarian.net

Previous librarian.net summaries: 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , 2009 , 2007 , 2006 , 2005 , 2004. Here are stats for the books that I finished. average read per month: 9.6. average read per week: 2.2. number read in worst month: 6 (February). number unfinished: 0.

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2023 reading list and commentary

Librarian.net

I’ve been actively seeking out non-binary authors and trying to read print a little more. average read per month: 9.5 average read per week: 2.2 The always-updated booklist, going back to 1997, lives at jessamyn.info/booklist and it has its own RSS feed.

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2022 reading list and commentary

Librarian.net

Previous librarian.net summaries: 2021 , 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , 2009 , 2007 , 2006 , 2005 , 2004. I’m also retiring my “people of color/non-Western” category only because it relies too much on surface impressions/names. average read per month: 12.

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