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NY TIMES: AN UN-AMERICAN IDEA
Terry Schwarz is the director of Kent State University’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative. Persistent, large-scale population decline is a challenging issue for many cities in the U.S., part… more →
ClevelandDesignCity
The Shrinking City
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wrote 2 months ago: I’ve been keeping track of which of my posts seem to be the most popular, and couldn’t h … more →
Blots, or Blotting
wrote 2 months ago: (Image credit: StructureHub) I started hearing about blots and blotting late last year, first via a … more →
A letter to Aunt Hope
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wrote 3 months ago: Some of you may know that I am happily married to Holly Munson, assistant editor of Constitution Dai … more →
Room for Debate
wrote 3 months ago: The New York Times’ Room for Debate blog posted a discussion last March about shrinking cities … more →
Skyline Stories: Neo-Suburbs by Blotting the Rust Belt, Last of New York's Meatpackers by Whitney Museum
wrote 6 months ago: Are there any urban planning cures for de-urbanizing cities? Homeowners can snap up adjacent vacant … more →
East Baltimore Development Inc.
wrote 7 months ago: My final meeting was with EBDI, an organization working in the same part of town as HEBCAC, yet focu … more →
Center for Community Progress
wrote 7 months ago: The next day I went to Washington, D.C. to meet with Jennifer Leonard, the Vice President and Direct … more →
Klaus Philipsen
wrote 7 months ago: My second meeting was with Klaus Philipsen, an architect and owner of ArchPlan Inc. Shrinking Cities … more →
Additional Field Trip Info!
wrote 8 months ago: Though at first the contact process was going slowly, I am now filling up my days in Baltimore and D … more →
Revised Abstract
wrote 8 months ago: After my first abstract, Janice gave me the following comments: Janice’s comments to first abstract: … more →
Let the Fun Begin
wrote 9 months ago: Where to begin? This blog is going to explore the ups and downs of the process of creating my final … more →
Cities you love, cities you marry
wrote 9 months ago: As a part of my graduate studies in urban planning at the University of Michigan, I undertook a caps … more →
Glaeser and the 'Triumph of the City': useful for those working in regeneration once you get beyond the 'wow,cities are great!' guff...
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wrote 11 months ago: I’ve been reading again. This time it’s Edward Glaeser’s somewhat surprising best-seller – suprising … more →
Which part of Detroit really needs to be 'right-sized'?
wrote 11 months ago: Photo: Trey CampbellCross-posted from the Natural Resources Defense Council. At the bottom of this p … more →
Making cities and regions more resilient
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wrote 1 year ago: Flooding in Downtown Brisbane earlier this year. Photo courtesy of Phil Heywood. This is an exciting … more →
Renia Ehrenfeucht and Maria Nelson on shrinking cities
wrote 1 year ago: Renia Ehrenfeucht at the University of New Orleans as a new manuscript in Planning, Population Loss, … more →
Detroit demolitions
wrote 1 year ago: This news came as a pleasant surprise: Detroit is reaching Mayor Dave Bing’s goal of demolishi … more →
NY TIMES: AN UN-AMERICAN IDEA
wrote 1 year ago: Terry Schwarz is the director of Kent State University’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative. … more →
PLAIN DEALER: AS NEIGHBORHOODS EMPTY, PLANNERS LOOK FOR NEW AND BOLD USES FOR CLEVELAND'S GREEN ACRES
wrote 1 year ago: Cleveland, Ohio – A manmade marsh named Saylor Grove covers a once-empty section of Philadelph … more →
