"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.
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Thursday, March 13, 2008
Slum tourism
(Maybe this is a way to reposition how people think about and visit center cities.) See "Slum Visits: Tourism or Voyeurism?" from the New York Times. I do get tired of dealing with people's fear of the other. When people see the city, the first thing they comment on is the litter, loitering, graffiti, and abandoned buildings.
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