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.

Thursday, October 20, 2005

The Long Campaign

Linda Cropp, Washington DC Election 2006

People make a lot of noise about literature and signage as indicators of the strength of a political campaign. Too often, the more literature (Jack Evans mayoral campaigns) and signs, the more there is money in a campaign, and less actual support on the part of potential voters. E.g., most of the "Think Cropp" signs were put up by people paid to do so. These signs have been sitting on this porch for about a week and I finally had my camera with me to take a photo.

No knock on the Cropp campaign, because these signs on the porch of a supporter are at least one indication that someone cares enough to go around and put the signs up (or to call friends to put them up in their yards...).

I am collecting photos of campaign signs and eventually events I suppose, in the flickr tag "Washington DC Election 2006."

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