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The town (or place) that art saved(?): arts as revitalization versus arts as community building

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Because governance is about sustained efforts, it is important to think in agenda terms rather than about stand-alone issues. Often, city arts functions are part of the "economic development" cluster of city agencies. For example, Arts Councils probably need to add some economic development planners.

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Missing obvious opportunities to strengthen rail-based transit systems: Philadelphia Navy Yard and improvements to the transit "network"/platform

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Union Station railyard with MARC commuter train in the foreground.

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20th anniversary of the blog| Urban revitalization systems thinking's greatest hits: Part two -- not transportation

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

the Diffusion of Innovations Curve of Everett Rogers ," (2018) -- " Yes the neighborhood will change, but it will take 10-25 years ," (2018) -- " House flipping as reproduction of space ," (2018) -- " Q: Could a community land trust help solve D.C.s

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20th anniversary of the blog| Urban revitalization systems thinking's greatest hits: Part three -- transportation

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The problem is it hasn't been effectuated very much at the neighborhood scale: -- " Intra-neighborhood (tertiary) transit revisited because of new San Diego service ," (2016) 4. Sustainable mobility platform : this builds off transit to include urban design and multiple modes. A streetcar serves a sub-district of a city, usually.

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Transit as a formula for local economic success and improvements in regional quality of life

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I was thinking about it, that it's because transit agencies don't think much or focus on how what they do improves places, adds to economic development, reduces motor vehicle use, etc. Railroads too were active in promoting economic development, especially the recruitment of manufacturing plants, the growing of crops, etc.,