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, November 25, 2008

Barack Obama: America’s First Urban President

is the title of a blog post in the Wall Street Journal's Opinion Journal.

Also see this 2007 article from the Chicago Sun-Times, "Mr. Obama's neighborhood: Michelle Obama's field guide to can't-miss places in Hyde Park" and this from the Los Angeles Times, "In Obama's Chicago footsteps."

Of course, being urban is more than having a thriving neighborhood commercial district...

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