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A Decade of Connect Karo: Advancing Urban Development, Food Security, Climate Resilience and Electric Mobility

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Since 2013, WRI India’s annual flagship event, Connect Karo, has served as a platform for facilitating dialogue between policymakers, experts. Join us July 17-18 for Connect Karo 2023 at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. Register now and review the agenda.

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I worked on this 16 years ago. "Metro seeks development partner for Brookland-CUA Metro station"

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

According to the Washington Business Journal (" Metro seeks development partner for Brookland-CUA Metro station "), WMATA is looking for proposals to redevelop two acres it has on the east side of the Brookland Metro Station. This comes out of Brookland's civic history as a key factor in the fighting off of urban freeways.

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Proposal to build new basketball arena in Downtown Philadelphia

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

More importantly, it will test whether the city really can provide the infrastructure, investment, and urban planning solutions necessary for Center City to realize its full potential. I do believe that basketball and hockey arenas should be located downtown and that they can contribute positively to economic development.

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DC's 11th Street Bridge Park project

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I have discussed undergrounding/decking for North Capitol Street, the Southeast-Southwest Freeway, and parts of Connecticut Avenue in the core. -- " DC and "city repair" of the urban grid ," 2020 Freeway undergrounding and removal is a trendy move in urban planning these days (" Can Removing Highways Fix America's Cities? ," New York Times ).

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Whatever happened to planning when it comes to civic assets, public facilities, revitalization?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

It's creeping out of bankruptcy (" Court order finalizes sale of Harborplace to Baltimore investment management firm ," WBAL-TV). -- " Baltimore's Harborplace in bankruptcy and what that says about certain development trends in urban revitalization ," 2019 There have been a bunch of reports and concept papers in the interim.

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Revisiting the 11th Street Bridge Park project as an opportunity rather than a folly: a new revitalization agenda for East of the River, DC

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Equitable development plan. The student asked me about the equitable development plan , which I wasn't involved in developing It has a bunch of points. First is workforce development. First, address the crappy location: Urban design and transit connection s. Who wants to hang out by a freeway?

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Gaps in Parks Master Planning, Part Six | Art(s) in the Park(s) as a comprehensive program

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Washington, DC paints a giant ‘Black Lives Matter’ message on the road to the White House ," CNN Developing policies for response in advance of such controversies is advised. Parks should develop programs to assist people of lesser means in enabling their participation. Monuments that are controversial.