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, January 13, 2026

A blast from the past

Blog reader Will sent me a 15-20 year old photo featuring me on the far left, when I was younger and healthier.  

I don't remember the after party, but he says it was after he and I led a Capitol Hill alley tour for Cultural Tourism DC.W

We finished at Cafe Berlin on Massachusetts Avenue NE but I don't think we went to a couple of the nearby alleys there on the northeast side.

I sure remember that event.  At the start there were 125-150 people.  It was massive.  I never led a tour that big.  

I'm sorry I didn't have a portable microphone, nor a photo of the original group--which kept slimming down as the tour proceeded.

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