In our ongoing quest for improving cities, we have come up with all manner of tactics for “good” urbanism, some of which even have organizations attached to their guiding principle. In my career I’ve done my best to collect these approaches (so to speak) in an attempt to trace the disparate threads we in the…
Public Space and PARK(ing) Day
I’ll sing it until I’m blue in the face, but public space is one of the most crucial components of an urban environment. Not only is it a huge percentage of any city, but more importantly it’s public. And that includes the sidewalks, parks, plazas, and streets – all (or most) technically belonging to the…
Frustrated With the Lack of Open Space, DC Residents Are Widening Sidewalks Themselves
Why wait for your local government to realize just how crucial it is to have more space to social distance on our streets?This post originally appeared on Greater Greater Washington and is republished here with permission. Robb Dooling of Greater Greater Washington.In an effort to provide more space for people outside while also adhering to the…
Park Portrait: PARK(ing) Day PDX
This is the third in a series originally published on Parksify of brief spatial ethnographies intended to provide a snapshot of one public space, for one day, in Portland, Oregon. Armed with a camera and a watchful eye, I observe the social behavior in relation to the built environment. The profiles are based on research methods used…
Recent Protests in Public Space: It’s All About Equity
#ericgarner #Icantbreathe #whyblacklivesmatter #crimingwhilewhiteAll of these have topped the Twitter trending charts in recent days, and for good reason.The reactions in the last two weeks over the grand jury decisions on the deaths of Eric Garner in New York City and Michael Brown in Ferguson have started both online campaigns and important conversations about equity…
