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.

Monday, January 08, 2007

Quote of the day

In the Neighborhood, 1960s reading primer
From today's METROPOLITAN DIARY in the New York Times:

Dear Diary:

One day in the fall my grandson, Tom, was riding west on a highway in New Jersey to visit his uncle, who lived partway up a mountain. Suffering from the boredom inherent to all 4-year-olds in transit, he asked his father how many more blocks to Uncle Tim’s.

His dad explained that in the city it was blocks, but that in the country, it was miles, and since miles were longer than blocks, it would take a while.

Tom pondered this information and then asked, “But what floor does he live on?”

Jenny Dwyer

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