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@ARTblocksbmore

Community created spaces using #Placemaking and #CreativePlacemaking in #Baltimore, https://nitter.gq/t.co/SvGfB9IHJu

 Baltimore, Maryland
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Joined February 2010
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β€œWalkers are 'practitioners of the city,' for the city is made to be walked." β€”Rebecca Solnit. – at Lucca, Tuscany
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"People need people, that's what cities are about." - @RobertaGratz Cities: The Intersection of People & Place wnyc.org/story/cities-inters… #WNYC
Cities: The Intersection of People and Place | WNYC

Cities: The Intersection of People and Place | WNYC

The "smart city" may be the latest trend in urban planning, but the fundamentals haven't changed.

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Never-before seen Jane Jacobs film about the destruction of SoHo from the forthcoming Jane Jacobs Documentary #jj100
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Jane Jacobs believed cities should be fun β€” and changed urban planning forever vox.com/2016/5/4/11583342/ja… via @voxdotcom #JJ100 #placemaking
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English Village Becomes Climate Leader by Quietly Cleaning Up Its Own Patch sc.org/2bK6kbp (via @nytimes) #ActOnClimate
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I only went for a walk, for going out, I found, was really going in. β€”John Muir
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Think creatively. ow.ly/4n7Q4s
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"If you do it for the local, the visitor will come; if you do it for the visitor, you will lose the local" citylab.com/design/2016/05/h…
Jane Jacobs Was Born 100 Years Ago Today, and She's More Relevant Than Ever

Jane Jacobs Was Born 100 Years Ago Today, and She's More Relevant Than Ever

On the occasion of what would have been her 100th birthday, a look back at just how and why Jacobs’ insights on cities have proved so enduring.

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Did you see this today?? How exciting! Happy Birthday, #JaneJacobs
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Google home page honors pioneering urbanist Jane Jacobs on what would have been her 100th birthday
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KABOOM!@kaboom29 Apr 2016
Good public art depends on good public spaces: bit.ly/1bku67I #placemaking #playeverywhere
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Creative placemaking: the value to community public spaces Calgary's approach #learningcities #placemaking bit.ly/1ro8XVU
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Who says #graffiti is just spraypaint? #mossgraffiti #streetart – at Toronto, Ontario
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Beginning this fall, 500 bicycles will be available around Baltimore for short-term rental. bsun.md/1pukyCa
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Imagine a world without these people. They were all refugees once: cnn.it/1KrnM1P
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Art and social changeβ€”do you see a connection? Tell us using #ArtofChange
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@TEDTalks10 Jul 2015
10 #TEDTalks to watch when you feel totally burned out: t.ted.com/E6kHV0G
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@MMLeague@MMLeague28 Jun 2015
The One Clear Voice Daily is out! paper.li/MMLeague/1308244658… Stories via @thalkowski @tacanth @ARTblocksbmore
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β€œThe street is the river of life, the place where we come together..” #HollyWhyte pps.org/reference/futureofpl… #Placemaking
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This makes me so sad. I love this city. nitter.gq/baltbizonline/status/5…
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Baltimore is already losing conventions following the riots bizj.us/1h8717
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