The night before I wrote this post, I got a present. The present was that the National Geographic website dropped some of the HELOC residential security maps, commonly known in the profession as the redlining maps, into an article, highlighting the amazing work done by the Mapping Inequality Project. If you
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To Create a Perfect City
All it took in many cities for development in the old days was one man who bought up bunches of land and started building houses on it, which he turned around and put up for sale. One man. Probably white and already wealthy. Several plots of farmland. Land which used
Things That Should Never Be in Driving Distance
I was a good North Carolinian and went to vote in my recent election. As I’ve written about before, the district I sit in for US House is a snake district. As in it looks like a snake. And even worse, my polling place, which should be in walking distance,
Placebook: Pay No Attention to the Weathervane
So this might not be our last blast of cold weather. And this still might not be the worst winter ever. Oh well, just like the Wizard of Oz, we really can’t trust the weathervane behind the curtain. Ok, bad analogy, but still, our weather has no rhyme or reason.
Placebook: Promises from America?
Last night I watched American Promise, the documentary created by two parents who believed their son would be destined for greatness, all because of getting into one of the top private schools in the country. They then decided to film their son and a few of their classmates in-depth (although
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Placebook: Harvest of Our Future
Happy New Year to all of you! I was looking forward to sharing a bit of news this morning, but it leaked. However, I will take this opportunity to thank my family, my friends and those of you who’ve stuck by this very page from the beginning, back when
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Placebook: Housing Standards, Art Coming Back to NYC and Economies of Fear
Good morning folks! I want to thank everyone again for the support, the shares and the opportunities of 2013. I wish you the best and look forward to us sharing more in 2014 . Look out for my 2014 wishes for good places this weekend and a very special surprise
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Thoughts on Bringing Our Youth Back Downtown
Because they are our present.
Everything I Learned about Place, I Learned on Campus
Everyone, at least the college educated, should be able to appreciate the proximity and other signs of good place afforded by campus life.
Kwanzaa’s Seven Principles and the Community
Kwanzaa is more than a African-American holiday. It is a holiday that celebrates the best of our communities.
