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NOVEMBER 14, 2023

This was proposed a number of years ago for EM, first in the Barry Administration and then around 2012-2013, but the vendors fought it, with the support of now Mayor Muriel Bowser. Use spaces in an expanded Eastern Market campus, such as for a volunteer fair (" Community engagement #1: Capitol Hill Volunteer Fair this Saturday ," 2016).

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MARCH 1, 2024

Also see " A National Mall-focused heritage (replica) streetcar service to serve visitors is a way bigger idea than a parking garage under the Mall ," 2013. What if the park sponsored daily educational enrichment activities for the young people in nearby neighborhoods? Admission to Longwood Gardens --incredibly beautiful--is $25.

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DECEMBER 11, 2024

There is an educational television program I saw over the weekend, " Towns in Tune ," featuring two communities, one in Canada, one in the US. An initiative, called ArtFields , is both an 11 day event, held in spots around the community, an organization, and an ongoing program including galleries, public art, and arts education.

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JUNE 19, 2023

The Job Description Is Changing ," New York Times = Other relevant blog entries -- " Reprinting with a slight update, "Arts, culture districts and revitalization" from 2009 " (2019) Cultural quarters and innovation districts -- discussion on the Arabianranta district within " Helsinki as an example of creative industries driving urban revitalization (..)

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

It's a broken record because they don't own their properties. -- " From BTMFBA to "community right to buy" ," (2024) -- " BTMFBA: the best way to ward off artist or retail displacement is to buy the building ," (2016) -- " BTMFBA: maintaining arts spaces in the face of rising real estate values | Seattle, New York City ," (2024) -- " New form of BTMFBA (..)

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FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Also see " Back to school #2: education unions should create multifaceted public education "meeting halls" comparable to AIA chapter "architecture centers" " (2016). Union halls and fraternal organizations too (like the Masons). That you can have a cool space, even if the exterior is dull. There are two problems.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 24, 2023

It's fair to say that in NYC Mayor De Blasio cares a lot less about this than former Mayor Bloomberg (" A Playbook on the Politics of Better Streets ," Bloomberg), and in DC, most elected officials are from "the outer city" where the automobile remains dominant (" DC as a suburban agenda dominated city ," 2013).

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OCTOBER 7, 2022

Unkempt areas aren't places where people want to live (" Updating the post The "soft side" of commercial district revitalization ," 2006/2016). WRT "daycare" one rise in PreK education for 3 to 5 year olds in cities like DC and NYC is to address the dearth of quality daycare and the expense. People don't want to live in fear.

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APRIL 4, 2024

Some parks or recreation centers might have arts production facilities like a kiln for ceramics and arts education programs. Music in the American Wild ( webpage , Eastman School of Music) was a program where new music compositions were commissioned to play in 12 National Parks, in honor of the 100th anniversary of the park system in 2016.

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