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apartment living, Brooklyn, Food, Greensboro, Issues and Ideas, Things At a Place November 15, 2012

Identifying Real Place Inferiority

Why natural disasters cancel the trivial problems of places.

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apartment living, Arts Districts, Food, Issues and Ideas, Sylva, Transportation, Traveling as An Urbanist, What is urban planning? October 13, 2012

Becoming A Placeist-The Black Urbanist on its Second Anniversary

Share After two years of writing this blog, it has come to my attention that I am simply a placeist. Not in the Urban Dictionary manner that sort of has undertones of being a racist or any other -ist that is negative. It’s in the sense that I see benefits in all types of land [...]

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apartment living, Arts Districts, Cities, Food, Greensboro, Issues and Ideas, Politics of Place, Things At a Place, Transportation, What is urban planning? September 12, 2012

Finding Happiness in the “Generic” City

Share So I was looking for jobs about six months ago and I came upon my current position through my network of grad school friends. On paper I knew I had what it takes to get the job. I also knew that this was a job that I could grow into and also be myself. [...]

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Family and Place May 7, 2013

Statement of Support for the Renaissance Co-Op

ShareThis evening (May 7, 2013) the Greensboro City Council will vote on the future of their stake of ownership of [...]

creative placemaking May 3, 2013

Reflections on Downtown Greensboro, As The Community Addresses Its Future

ShareOn Tuesday April 30, I spent a good bit of time thinking about downtown with a bunch of dignitaries and [...]

Cities April 30, 2013

Coming Back to the Streets, Coming Back to Action

Doing my part to create better blocks in my two hometowns.

Greensboro April 23, 2013

Reconciling Education Reform and New Urbanism

ShareI once read an article in the News and Observer that illustrates the true effect of the modern neighborhood school. [...]

creative class April 18, 2013

The Creative Class: Off the Record and On the Money

How the “Creative Class” Is Not Really About the Concerns of Artists

Boston April 16, 2013

The City and Tragedy

A reflection on the pains of places.

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