Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

DC does not understand its "unique selling proposition" or "core competency" is being transit- and sustainable mobility-centric. Create sustainable mobility districts and corridors as appropriate, complementing the transit network improvements, especially in the Tysons area, which is planned, but far behind in implementation.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Grant calendars allow teams to visualize their grant applications’ timelines and ensure they have a sustainable plan for the year. About the Author: Carl Diesing, Managing Director – Carl co-founded DNL OmniMedia in 2006 and has grown the team to accommodate clients with on-going web development projects.

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Emergency Management Degree Guide

APRIL 26, 2013

The complex had air regeneration and water supply systems together with food and fuel supplies, and it could sustain as many as 3,000 people for three months in the event of a nuclear attack. And in 2006, Bunker-42 was bought privately and re-purposed as a Cold War museum, restaurant, karaoke bar, conference center and wedding venue.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 19, 2024

Around 2006 it "repaired" Thomas Circle, which decades before had been cut through with more road travel lanes. Again DC has a great example as c. 2000 it was national best practice in terms of improving streetscapes in commercial districts, significantly boosting success of those areas. They remade it into a full park circle.

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Public Policy Blog

JANUARY 3, 2014

As more of the world becomes connected online, revolutionaries across the globe are being empowered like never before although not all are successful as sustaining the movement the use of information communication technologies (ICT) are critical in developing and executing modern social movements.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

These two recent entries recount many of the pieces as step by step I developed a more comprehensive approach to arts-based revitalization. -- " Lack of a system breeds more of the same: Source Theater, Washington DC, up for sale 2006, 2024 ," (2024) -- " The town (or place) that art saved(?):

Transportation 52

Transportation Parks And Recreation Economic Development Urban Planning 52

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. .” [6] Prior to the Great Financial Crisis, this effort was not successful, as the loans were often of substandard quality. Post-2008, with all the reforms enacted via the Dodd-Frank Act (e.g.,

Housing 59

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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. It should support sustainable modes (biking, walking, transit improvements) as well as parking. They still haven't. I mentioned it over time.

Nonprofit 52

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

People like me have been saying this for years, that WMATA needs to invest in its relationship with area residents as customers, riders, funders (as taxpayers), and supporters of transit. -- " Making Transit Sexy ," 2005 (!) -- " More on Metro and rethinking transit marketing ," 2006 -- " Helping Government Learn ," 2009 -- " Transit, stations, and (..)

Transportation 52

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 18, 2024

Since 2005 or 2006 I have been recommending that the city create Traffic Management Districts as a way to coordinate transportation management and improvements at the commercial district scale (e.g. for Downtown, H Street NE, Capitol Hill, etc.). Mapping pedestrian, bicycle, transit and car accidents Lots of links within each section.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 11, 2024

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.

Community Development 52

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

I owe Marc Fisher (I wrote about a similar controversy he fostered on historic preservation 18 years ago!, " Preservation takes it on the chin (updated) " 2006) thanks for getting me off my ass to write--I haven't blogged in months--although I had been on the cusp recently. There is a nexus between bike lanes and gentrification.”

Transportation 52

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

I think I was ahead of many of those scholars. -- " Updating the mobilityshed / mobility shed concept ," (2008, originally 2006) 2. At a planning meeting in 2006, I made the point that bus shelters are key marketing touchpoints for the transit system, that their design and upkeep defines the system.

Transportation 52

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 4, 2024

Mexico border between 1993 and 2006. and socially engaged, and/or sustainable visual art-based practices, and in a park setting, manipulation of park equipment and facilities Performing Arts : including dance, theater (new theatrical work, playwriting), music (popular, jazz, opera, classical, etc.)

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 5, 2024

Mexico border between 1993 and 2006. and socially engaged, and/or sustainable visual art-based practices, and in a park setting, manipulation of park equipment and facilities Performing Arts : including dance, theater (new theatrical work, playwriting), music (popular, jazz, opera, classical, etc.)

Parks And Recreation 52

Parks And Recreation Engagement Sustainability Security 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The sustained prosperity of the US is astounding. " From the article: It is the best of countries, it is the worst of countries, or at least of the high-income ones. The US stands out for its prosperity and its brutality. This is how I have felt about it since I visited in 1966 and lived there throughout the 1970s.

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