Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends
JULY 31, 2018
On today’s episode, we’re talking with Peter Kageyama, one of the 2018 NRPA Annual Conference keynote speakers. Kageyama is an author, whose book For the Love of Cities: The Love Affair Between People and Their Places was recognized in 2012 as a Top 10 Book in urban planning, design and development.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
AUGUST 4, 2022
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 ).
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
It's not particularly forward thinking when it comes to its facilities and urban planning (" The time to plan for retail in and around the Convention Center was long before it opened in 2003 and certainly before 2015 ," 2015, " Yes, modify and extend the RFK Campus lease; No, don't do it for the Washington Redskins football team ," 2018), but then (..)
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
AUGUST 2, 2022
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. We like to think of ourselves as stylish, but the truth is Philadelphians are more likely to rally around James Harden than around haute couture.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
AUGUST 9, 2022
| Part 2: Implementation Approach and Levers " -- " Better leveraging higher education institutions in cities and counties: Greensboro; Spokane; Mesa; Phoenix; Montgomery County, Maryland; Washington, DC ," 2016 -- " Naturally occurring innovation districts | Technology districts and the tech sector ," 2014 Design -- " City branding versus identity (..)
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
APRIL 29, 2024
That was in the mid 1970s, and now the trees are maybe 50 feet tall--this photo is from 2018, and the trees in question are behind the garage. I mention from time to time that I collect ephemera related to urban planning and what I am involved in. Some died and we nursed the others.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
OCTOBER 12, 2022
Casey Anderson, chair of the Montgomery County Planning Board, in Forest Grove Park in Silver Spring in 2018. “We are acting with deliberate speed to appoint new commissioners to move Montgomery County forward. We thank the commissioners for their service to our county.” John Kelly/The Washington Post) I'm saddened by this.
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