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, November 01, 2010

Baltimore's Ciclovia brings 2,000 people out to celebrate

According to the Baltimore Sun in "Ciclovia gives nondrivers the right of way." On the other hand, DC's equivalent event got a couple hundred people out. The difference is between doing the event in an area that is well connected to the rest of the city as opposed to doing something that for the most part is disconnected from the rest of the city.
People riding at the Ciclovia, Baltimore, October 31, 2010
Avery Goldstein, 6, of Roland Park, in front, leads a cluster of riders, including Lynn Heller, also of Roland Park, in a pumpkin costume, at right. Cyclists, walkers, joggers, kids on scooters, and pets came out for Roland Park's second Ciclovia event, in which the southbound lane of Roland Avenue was closed between Northern Parkway and Cold Spring Lane from 8a.m. until 1p.m. (Baltimore Sun photo by Amy Davis / October 31, 2010)

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