I grew up in Miami. I’ve been thinking about cities since I was 15. Since I saw Futureworld and then Westworld. I thought it’d be so cool to build a city from the ground up. Epcot was MY idea. Imagine my disappointment when it materialized in Orlando. Disney beat me to the punch. I took…
Category: Citybuilding
cities, planning, best practices, transportation, waterfront, green building, local economy, recycling, clean air, clean water, complete streets
Won’t You Be My NABR?
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Lacking every resource except conviction, citizens across this city of neighborhoods are banding together to ask important questions about the future of Philadelphia. A the forefront of this struggle is Neighbors Allied for the Best Riverfront (NABR). NABR was formed on April 29, 2006, after worried Fishtown residents had their first look at a proposal…
PennPraxis Plan Unveiling at Seaport Museum Tonight
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Come out to the Seaport Museum, beginning at 5:30PM, festivities to begin at 6:30PM. There’s refreshments and free parking too. Harris Steinberg, executive director of PennPraxis, the group that’s been steering the community-driven plan for our Delaware Riverfront, will be handing over the results of the year long process to the City and to citizens.…
