Remove Housing Remove Public Programs Remove Security
article thumbnail

Arbor Day: Street Trees of Seattle by Taha Ebrahimi | Trees as Cultural Landscape (at the community scale)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

For example, one tree she learned about was planted as a barter between a family that helped a poorer one heat their house in a particularly cold winter. To get people beyond the single event of planting a tree, it has to be built into the programming--greening beyond Earth Day. The maple tree is in the back of this photo.

Housing 52
article thumbnail

Eastern Market DC's 150th anniversary last weekend | And my never realized master plan for the market

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Later, as part of BicycleSpace, a bicycle facilities system integration firm, I put together a proposal for activation including a water sculpture and multiple forms of secure, special bike parking. Cannon's Steak House was a premier restaurant in the old Florida Market District, just like St. Anselm's is today. Postcard image.