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, August 11, 2009

Marion Barry documentary

didn't seem all that well done or interesting, it being an effort of description, not evaluation.

I'm glad I had guests in town and didn't pay money to see it at AFI a couple months ago. For the schedule of repeat viewings on HBO (there was some interesting film footage from the 1960s and 1970s), see this article, "After 'Nine Lives,' Barry gets a 10th tonight on national TV" from the Examiner.

To learn more than is possible from viewing the film, instead check out a copy of Dream City: Race, Power, and the Decline of Washington DC from the library, or read this piece from the Washington Monthly.

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