"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.
Flickr photo. It definitely shows that it is not out of the question to integrate light rail trains, which tend to be bigger than streetcars, sensitively into urban fabric.
![Transvilles 01 [Valencienne tram] by hpulling](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sbKxlzkMh-dYQjW5Ummc7jhVozfLMPmjX9w7sH0wG-HidGfxdzdlKtqLHZpZ4_TxmGJyHm9D471nmf19RZ6WSnzbqx3xU2Cfomwx7-L322hTY25tI6HwL0vNM8qA3ORkA=s0-d)
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