Activating space for the people who actually want to use it
Streets should be places.
Agreed! 🤝
This might be my favorite issue of this newsletter so far. You might find this new research from Brookings Metro of interest: https://www.brookings.edu/articles/small-and-midsized-downtown-recovery-overcoming-obstacles-and-uplifting-innovative-solutions-in-four-regions/
Downtown Cincy is 14% parking. Downtown Richmond is 10% parking.
Means a lot coming from you! Opened a tab for the above link. Let's see if I get to it 😅
Thanks for the great read, Jon Jon
🙏
What an amazing read! You need to make a book (or several) at some point for sure.
I'm curious, are the "city as an ecosystem" ideas based on any works? I'd love to learn more about those concepts.
It's an idea that comes up a lot in the urbanism space. the Book "Strong Towns" brings it up a lot and teaches the main tennet of anti-fragility that makes the ecosystem analogy so strong.
Thanks for the encouragement! Perhaps there is a book in me.
Streets should be places.
Agreed! 🤝
This might be my favorite issue of this newsletter so far. You might find this new research from Brookings Metro of interest: https://www.brookings.edu/articles/small-and-midsized-downtown-recovery-overcoming-obstacles-and-uplifting-innovative-solutions-in-four-regions/
Downtown Cincy is 14% parking. Downtown Richmond is 10% parking.
Means a lot coming from you! Opened a tab for the above link. Let's see if I get to it 😅
Thanks for the great read, Jon Jon
🙏
What an amazing read! You need to make a book (or several) at some point for sure.
I'm curious, are the "city as an ecosystem" ideas based on any works? I'd love to learn more about those concepts.
It's an idea that comes up a lot in the urbanism space. the Book "Strong Towns" brings it up a lot and teaches the main tennet of anti-fragility that makes the ecosystem analogy so strong.
Thanks for the encouragement! Perhaps there is a book in me.