Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 23, 2023

Most recently, Kunkel and his team came to the conclusion that the 2022 NBA All-Star Weekend, held in Cleveland, produced a direct net economic benefit to the city of a stunning $141 million, part of $248.9 But what earns him the most press is the work he oversees estimating the economic impact of marquee sporting events on their host cities.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 27, 2024

And as far as health outcomes go, I outlined a brilliant approach (" Ordinary versus Extraordinary Planning around the rebuilding of the United Medical Center in Southeast Washington DC | Part One: Rearticulating the system of health and wellness care East of the River ," 2018) that the city ignored.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 20, 2023

They started planning in 2012, construction in 2014, and opened the first stations in South Florida in 2018. To ride is expensive compared to the regional commuter rail in South Florida and Brightline has had serious problems with crashes with vehicles and pedestrians. Lots of deaths. But it's quite impressive in two ways.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 11, 2024

. -- " Getting WMATA out of crisis: a continuation of a multi-year problem that keeps getting worse, not better ," 2015 -- " DC area transit commission board member thinks he has a brilliant idea on how to fund Metrorail: sales taxes ," 2022 It's a shame that it had to reach the level of a super crisis to do anything.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

AUGUST 4, 2021

In 2014, the New York City Right to Counsel Coalition was formed and succeeded in introducing a bill requiring the city to expand access to counsel for all income-eligible tenants within five years. Data from the 2010-2014 American Community Survey also provided insight into resident demographics and housing conditions.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Elizabeths campus ," 2018 Controversially, because the Park Service has more golf courses than demand, the Langston Golf Course could be redeveloped. DC is at a disadvantage too, because unlike other jurisdictions, Congress forbids it from taxing non-residents.

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zencity

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

In 2022, all California cities and counties will be legally required to recycle organic waste. According to an EPA Overview , in the 1960s, 94% of waste went to landfills, and as of 2018, that number has been reduced to only 50%. From 2014 to 2019 alone, the number of communities offering composting programs grew by 65 percent !

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

It's also complicated because some people in low income neighborhoods believe that local schools are always inferior to schools in high income areas (" DCPS middle schools in black wards, "positive deviance" and the pull of the attractiveness of schools in the upper income wards west ," 2022). Schools as fundamental neighborhood anchors.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 2, 2022

I hate to admit that I never did much of a literature search when I began development the "framework characteristics" pieces, starting first with Sacramento in 2014 (" An arena subsidy project I'd probably favor: Sacramento "). Some of the work supports my argument.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 19, 2024

Over time, as I wrote more about it, I realized it should be applied at multiple scales (" A wrinkle in thinking about the Transformational Projects Action Planning approach: Great public buildings aren't just about design, but what they do ," 2022). (1) The city did a plan for the area around 2003.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 10, 2023

percent) in 2014, after having been purposefully increased by the FHFA and the two GSEs in prior years. percent range since 2014, rather than being materially lower or higher, does not seem to be well understood in the industry or among policy specialists. percent to 0.49 percent to 0.49

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 1, 2024

But even before that I went back and forth on it. Was it merely DC trying to copy other unusual creative infrastructure endeavors (at the same time there was an attempt to create a similar bridge in London, under then Mayor Boris Johnson, " An absurd vanity project for our age – Boris Johnson’s garden bridge ," Guardian ).

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

And Maglev and the Central Business District, which is another inducement for a Height increase, one completely unseen by DC's planning and economic development officials (" DC, Transformational Projects Action Planning, and the Baltimore-Washington Maglev project ," 2021).

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MAY 10, 2024

hits 16-year high on traffic deaths ," Washington Post And because we don't provide actionable information and the structures to address the problem. hits 16-year high on traffic deaths ," Washington Post And because we don't provide actionable information and the structures to address the problem.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 18, 2024

Inadequacies in school transportation planning ," 2022 -- School Walk and Bike Routes: A Guide for Planning and Improving Walk and Bike to School Options for Students -- Safe Routes to School program , Washington State -- City of Tacoma SRTS program , including SRTS Action Plan -- Starkville in Motion A failed job interview with DDOT.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 17, 2022

I've written a few entries on this topic in the past year and over the years: -- " Next Level Clustering of Business away from the Midwest, " 2022 -- " Boeing to move "headquarters" to Northern Virginia ," 2022 -- " How the closure of a Pfizer research center in Ann Arbor, Michigan led to the development of a biotech sector there ," 2021 -- " Why do (..)

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Librarian.net

JANUARY 5, 2025

Previous years: 2023 , 2022 , 2021 , 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , 2009 and some reviews from 2003. Hartness/Randolph (1) – I continue to think that I should go by this place more often, it’s such a nice library.

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Librarian.net

JANUARY 12, 2025

average read per month: 11.25 average read per week: 2.6 The always-updated booklist, going back to 1997, lives at jessamyn.info/booklist and it has its own RSS feed.

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