I know they are sites of capitalism, but when I go to the mall, I’m there to find things I need to make my own tools of system dismantlement and comforts through the storm. As we re-examine many of these spaces, they will thrive only if we see them as
By Kristen Jeffers
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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
Dispatches from Bookcation: Pocket Parks, Dinner and Bikes and Food Deserts
Greetings from Bookcationland. For the record, I do want to establish, that I am writing the book. However, one must sometimes live an experience before they put it out. So what have I been doing to live my experience in the last week or so? Here goes. First off, we
Placebook: That Perfect Restaurant
What makes up your perfect restaurant? Is it all about good food or good atmosphere? Do the waiters, bartenders or folks behind the counter know your name? Is it that one dish that keeps you coming back for more? Well, my perfect restaurant (which of course doesn’t really exist) sits
MORE: My 2014 Wishes for Good Places
Last year, my wish/new years resolution was to maintain. Overall, I think we succeeded in that. Downtown continues to grow. Even as beloved spaces elsewhere close, new ones spring right back up in their place, like a sushi bar right across the street from the bar I mentioned above. I’ve
By Kristen Jeffers
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Placebook: Snow, Maybe?
Good Friday morning folks! Some of you are snowed in. Some of you are just cold. Count me in the cold bunch. If you want a good laugh, take a look at my account of what happens when we actually do get snow down South. Whatever is going on outside,
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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
Living in the Food Oasis of Greensboro
What grocery shopping is like for a person with infinite choices, but is a politically conscious urbanist.
By Kristen Jeffers
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The Privilege of Urbanism, The Democracy of Placemaking
Thoughts as I put new urbanism and placemaking on the front page of my hometown Sunday paper.
Statement of Support for the Renaissance Co-Op
This evening (May 7, 2013) the Greensboro City Council will vote on the future of their stake of ownership of the Bessemer shopping center and in turn, the Renaissance Co-Op. In case I do not get a chance to read this statement at tonight’s meeting. I am publishing it here.
