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.

Saturday, October 21, 2006

If you saw me coming, why didn't you get out of the way?

This statement is attributed to George Weller, the "elderly driver who ran down and killed 10 people in an open air market in Santa Monica [who] was convicted today of all criminal charges, decisively denying defense pleas for mercy." See "Jurors Find Weller Guilty in Farmers' Market Crash" from the LA Times for more. The webpage includes a computer simulation of what happened.

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