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, June 25, 2009

"Spectacular shopping," Chinatown advertising, digital billboard, Gallery Place, DC

When I saw this (and a listing of an ice cream shop as one of the amazing restaurants) I thought about how when the West Elm store opened downtown that Mayor Fenty said that DC has the best retail shopping environment in the U.S.

Good thing such claims aren't subject to Federal Trade Commission guidelines for truth in advertising.

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