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Urban planning when things are going well: DC, 2014 (The Office of Planning under Harriet Tregoning)

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Since 2003 the city has been growing--even with the recent hiccup of the recession + a slowing and braking on urban growth because of some shrinkage of the activity of federal government, especially in terms of leased office space and personnel. Our house is detached, and five miles from Downtown (but 3/4 mile from a Metrorail station).

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Good quote on arenas and stadiums as "performing arts centers" attractions for cities

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Plus the NFL team wants a new stadium and Mayor Bowser of DC would like to waste money attracting them back to DC (" House passes bipartisan bill to let D.C. redevelop RFK Stadium site ," Washington Post ). I'm not sure I agree. The AAC cost $420 million to build, and it opened in October of 2001. Thirty years and she’s done.”

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

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Rational planning is pretty static at least to me, with constrained scopes and less willingness to change approaches and recommendations as new information is uncovered. Once too, I misheard a presentation at a conference, and I thought the presenter said she applies "graphic design" approaches to urban planning.

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Women's History Month and urban planning

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One of the strands from which the planning profession in the US was birthed was out of women-initiated "good government" and "good places" initiatives in a time when women still didn't have the right to vote. For the most part, links have not been checked. Women as planners and architects. 3, Supplement.

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Gaps in Parks Master Planning, Part Six | Art(s) in the Park(s) as a comprehensive program

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From the article: “Home Land Security” opened a few months after the Brexit vote and ran through the U.S. Washington, DC paints a giant ‘Black Lives Matter’ message on the road to the White House ," CNN Developing policies for response in advance of such controversies is advised. presidential election. Monuments that are controversial.

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Gaps in Parks Master Planning, Part Six | Art(s) in the Park(s) as a comprehensive program

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After the last one I went to, I joked "we don't need to do one in Sugar House Park. From the article: “Home Land Security” opened a few months after the Brexit vote and ran through the U.S. The event features more than 250 artists offering varied fare, from glass and metalwork, to pottery and textiles, jewelry and toys!