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The unintended consequences of converting office buildings to housing: the need for public safety; schools; amenities

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Screenshot, Downtown Pittsburgh Partnership marketing campaign, 2009. To riff off this, there are five other elements at a minimum that matter a lot, that cities aren't budgeting or planning for, if their central business districts become meccas for housing: public safety.

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Times Square Alliance Streetwatch program for reporting problems in the public space

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

He is incredibly prolific and a careful observer and documenter of the public space, and is especially active in DC, Baltimore, and New York City. Maintenance of public spaces is a key element of public safety. Times Square in 2017. More about this later.) So here goes. A much emptier Times Square.

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Elections

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

A Republican won the governorship in 2021 and that was a shock although Ralph Youngkin ran a better campaign than former Governor Terry McAuliffe along with lower Democratic turnout. In the 2017 and 2019 elections, I thought Democratic wins in Virginia presaged a lot more.