Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 21, 2022

And I wrote more pieces over the years. -- " Every litter bit hurts ," 2005 -- " Litter revisited ," 2006 Photo by Inked78. One of my earliest blog entries was on litter, as a result of those efforts. 700 block of H Street NE.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Ironically, under the Williams Administration--1998-2006--the resuscitation of the DC Housing Authority was one of the city's great accomplishments , and the director, Michael Kelly, was even detailed by HUD to help fix failing authorities in Philadelphia and New York City. Housing Authority better ," Post ).

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 19, 2024

But the city has never developed the capacity to be particularly good at that, and definitely the energy to revitalize the communities in the Anacostia River community has been moribund ever since, which has been about 15 years. Around 2006 it "repaired" Thomas Circle, which decades before had been cut through with more road travel lanes.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

APRIL 29, 2024

Of note, during the height of the bubble (2005 and 2006), the average downpayment by an FTHB actually decreased to just two percent. 14] This quantitative definition of “material” is commonly used in public company reporting matters. [15] Post-2008, with all the reforms enacted via the Dodd-Frank Act (e.g.,

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

I first proposed to the city creating TMDs in 2005/2006. 2006 and beyond, although what it's become is perhaps far beyond what I suggested, " Retail planning and Florida Market ," 2009. But definitely eater-tainment. They still haven't. I mentioned it over time. We did this in 2008 or 2009. But I had the basic ideas down.

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Public Policy Blog

JUNE 16, 2013

at with opportunity for direct “horizontal communication” between network peers (Schmidtchen, 2006) and as I would also point out, leaders inspire social action or other participatory behavior. These complex networks are optimal when fully connected and ?at Mergel, Ines and Greeves, Bill (2013). San Francisco, CA:Jossey Bass.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 1, 2024

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. Cultural infrastructure is both hard and soft.

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