Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 27, 2024

The Washington Post reports on a press conference in Anacostia, the most economically lagging area in DC, where the Mayor discussed improvements in the area, in association with a new building for the Department of Housing and Community Development, which was already there, in a not so old building (" After decades of disinvestment, D.C.’s

Development 40

Development Economic Development Community Development Public Health 40

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Main Street commercial district revitalization practice grew out of HP and a desire to save "old buildings" in the face of the development of shopping centers, chain retail, and broken microeconomies. Very soon into my writing, before the blog, a bunch of DC cultural institutions failed, so this became an ongoing topic.

Transportation 52

Transportation Parks And Recreation Economic Development Urban Planning 52

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Plans were made in the UK in 2006, 2008, 2011 and 2014. The last two of these were either not developed enough or were allowed to lapse. Public Health England, London, 57 pp. There were major exercises on pandemics in 2005, 2007 and 2016. The problem has been the abyss between planning, preparedness and practice.

Communications 52

Communications Legislation Implementation Public Health 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

We need him to work with community advocates to pass citywide policies that prioritize low-income housing and opt the 2nd District into the mixed-income neighborhood overlay, which would require housing developers to ensure 20% of their units are affordable. -- " Fighting blight by fixing up homes could bring down Philly gun violence, new study shows (..)

Housing 52

Housing Implementation Public Health Local Government 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Many places have installed them, as they are often specified as part of street furniture/advertising projects (" City Room City Room Blogging From the Five Boroughs In 9 Years of Work, Just 3 Public Toilets Go Live ," New York Times , 2014, " JCDecaux wins San Francisco's iconic Street Furniture contract ").

Budgeting 52

Budgeting Advocacy Housing Communications 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 1, 2024

Freeways generate lots of particulate matter that is unhealthy (" Highway Air Pollution and Your Health: Six Things You Need To Know ," American Lung Association) and they are f* noisy (" Residential Exposure to Traffic Noise and Health-Related Quality of Life—A Population-Based Study "). Equitable development plan.

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Parks And Recreation Education Development Economic Development 52