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Weird intra-governmental spat in DC over the Washington Nationals stadium

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

From the article: The District is playing hardball in a dispute with the owner of Nationals Park, effectively threatening to shut down the stadium if Events DC fails to develop the commercial and retail space it promised before the ballparkā€™s 2008 opening.

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Difficultly of fomenting institutional change not just a problem for minorities

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

For example, in his 2008 campaign, Barack Obama argued his candidacy was an extension of the 20th-century Black freedom movement. Because it would bring the executive and legislative branches together, with citizens, and a foundational agenda (from the plan). Build on it. (4) I was super proud of #5 and the sub-committees.