An analysis of the recent decisions to prohibit the homeless and services to the homeless from operating.
By Kristen Jeffers
apartment living/Cities/Civic Inferiority Complex/creative placemaking/downtown/Family and Place/Greensboro/Issues and Ideas/Politics of Place/Rural/tips for urbanist living
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.
By Kristen Jeffers
Cities/Education/Family and Place/Greensboro/tips for urbanist living/Uncategorized
Thoughts on Bringing Our Youth Back Downtown
Because they are our present.
Voting Rights, Civic Duty, and Neighborhoods
Why being a good placemaker includes knowing and respecting voting rights and civic duty.
The Common Man’s Legacy in a City
Why it doesn’t take much to build a public legacy in a place.
By Kristen Jeffers
Family and Place/Guest Post/Pittsburgh/Politics of Place/Retail/Uncategorized/What is urban planning?
GUEST POST–Rethinking Community Development Efforts: Creating Incentive to Stay or Building Reason to Flee?
Guest blogger Allison Guess uses her personal history and observations of the East Liberty neighborhood of Pittsburgh to illustrate the need for more inclusive planning and development.
By Kristen Jeffers
creative placemaking/Family and Place/Greensboro/Politics of Place/What is urban planning?
Reconciling Design and Social Justice in the Place
Design is not just for the developer. Social justice is not just for the downtrodden. Place needs both to be.
Reflections on Downtown Greensboro, As The Community Addresses Its Future
On Tuesday April 30, I spent a good bit of time thinking about downtown with a bunch of dignitaries and fellow young leaders. Our civic foundations brought back Richard Flierl of Cooper Carry, The Center for Connective Architecture, who helped the city conduct a downtown plan in 2002. At lunchtime,
Coming Back to the Streets, Coming Back to Action
Doing my part to create better blocks in my two hometowns.
The City and Tragedy
A reflection on the pains of places.
