Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space

"A community’s physical form, rather than its land uses, is its most intrinsic and enduring characteristic." [Katz, EPA] This blog focuses on place and placemaking and all that makes it work--historic preservation, urban design, transportation, asset-based community development, arts & cultural development, commercial district revitalization, tourism & destination development, and quality of life advocacy--along with doses of civic engagement and good governance watchdogging.

Wednesday, August 17, 2005

"May you live in interesting times" -- a very old Chinese saying

Cars line up to buy petrol at a petrol station in Dongguan, south China's Guangdong provinceCars line up to buy petrol at a petrol station in Dongguan, south China's Guangdong province, August 17, 2005. Closed service stations, fuel rationing and hours-long gas queues plaguing China's southern manufacturing heartland of Guangdong are piling pressure on the country's oil majors to boost supply into the loss-making market. CHINA OUT REUTERS/China Newsphoto

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