Blog down time

I was mid-through writing an entry on "Speaking of Libraries, Public Assets, Amenities, and Leveraging Municipal Resources" when my computer crashed, particularly the CD-ROM drive (which means I might not be able to upload some of my Portland photos for awhile). Since I have a lot to do the next few days, including attending the Public Markets conference this weekend, and co-leading a tour, plus I want to attend the Leinberger talk today, I probably won't be writing much.

Click here, Markets at Their Best, for a great slide show of market images, including historic postcard images, as well as current shots from markets around the world.

The spread of public markets in North America is a recent phenomenon, but there is also a long history of markets in the US and Canada, as shown by this turn-of-the-century postcard from Dubuque, Iowa. Image courtesy of PPS.

And this link from Flickr will take you to hundreds of market photos on that website.