Good morning folks. Every once in a while, but generally once a week, I try to cull all of my favorite links into one place, write up some commentary and give some love (or wise constructive criticism) to a few other fellow writers. The name Wonkbook comes first from my friend over at the Washington… Continue reading Urban Wonkbook- Names Do Matter
Month: August 2012
Getting Human Transport Outside Of The Box
A human is not a box. However, we still prefer to transport ourselves as such. Then again, we do live in a world, namely in the United States, where corporations are people and those “people” often make things that come in boxes. Yet, we are failing ourselves by only making our transportation systems work as… Continue reading Getting Human Transport Outside Of The Box
Actually Being Urban Part #3-Working Downtown
For the past three months, I’ve been engaged in my third experience of working in a dense, downtown environment. Hands down this has been my best experience and the most personally fulfilling. I work to promote the presentation and the funding of humanities projects throughout the state of North Carolina. This means that I get… Continue reading Actually Being Urban Part #3-Working Downtown
Identity Crisis- When Your Suburb is Really a Town
What makes a suburb a suburb? It’s one of the major questions that is at the center of the battle for how governments or independent communities of people should regulate and create public space. This issue has been on my mind quite a bit in the last few months. First, it was Emily Badger’s Pseudosuburbanism… Continue reading Identity Crisis- When Your Suburb is Really a Town