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.

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Terminology


Supersize Me
Originally uploaded by DandyDanny
Instead of using the term popup or McMansions or teardowns, I think I am going to start referring to fundamental changes in houses out of sorts with the prevailing norms at the time a neighborhood was constructed as "supersizing."

(Flickr image by Dandy Danny.)

1st and Seaton NW
Photo of a "popup" at 1st and Seaton Place NW from the Bloomingdale (for now) blog.

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