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Baltimore Wants More Immigrants

January 10, 2012 by Jim Russell
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The obsession with population numbers has to stop. Yes, a shrinking city presents a host of problems. More people living in the city is a good thing. But reversing decline should not be a policy goal. Picked up via Chris Briem's (Null Space) Twitter feed, Baltimore's mayor wants to attract immigrants in order to grow the population:To... [read more]

Produce Trucks At Transportation Hubs = Urban Food Solution

September 21, 2011 by Grown in the City
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There’s been much talk about food access – much of this involves bringing food to the people, like the produce trucks in Baltimore, or locating new food stores in communities that don’t have them, like in Philadelphia.  Among the many things I have come to admire during my short stay in Helsinki is the access to fresh food –... [read more]

Food Trucks For All! How Food Trucks Can Improve Access

September 6, 2011 by Next American City
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The words food truck may conjure up images of urban gourmands noshing on portable portions of comfort food, unless of course, you happen to sit on your local planning commission. In that case, the words may call to mind parking headaches and angry restaurateurs. But another type of food truck, operating in the happy medium where civic leaders and residents of all income levels co-exist, is sprouting up in more cities. [read more]

Zipcar Reduces Driving, Improves Sustainable Transport

August 2, 2011 by TheCityFix - produced by EMBARQ
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Zipcar’s moto, “Wheels when you want them,” resonated with Baltimore residents, leading to an 11 percent increase in public transport use. Photo by Ian Collins. To celebrate Zipcar’s one-year anniversary of operations in Baltimore, Md., Zipcar released survey data from the company’s Baltimore-area members with positive and... [read more]

A Focus on Place for Downtown Baltimore’s New Master Plan

March 1, 2011 by Project for Public Spaces
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A new master plan for the future of Baltimore’s downtown was just released that focuses on creating a network of open spaces throughout the city’s core.  The plan showcases the role that BIDs and Master Plans can have in supporting Placemaking. Led by Downtown Baltimore Partnership (DPB), the plan includes improvements for a large... [read more]

The Cult of Destruction in St. Louis

October 19, 2010 by Aaron Renn
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The more and more I experience cities, the less and less I am willing to accept St. Louis’s exceptional status as a destroyer of its most unique asset, its built environment. [read more]

Baltimore’s Virtual Supermarket fills the gap in food-deprived neighborhoods

May 16, 2010 by Kaid Benfield
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Thanks to Daniel and his thoughtful blog Discovering Urbanism for highlighting an innovative program designed to help residents of urban “food deserts” - neighborhoods without nearby access to supermarkets - obtain fresh, healthy food more conveniently.  The program also helps draw patrons to two branch libraries by facilitating... [read more]

Union Square:A Once and Future Gentleman's Community

March 31, 2010 by Spence Lean
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What do you think of when you think about Union Square? Frankly, I don't know what you the reader thinks because I'm not psychic but I'll tell you what I think. I think of a "Gentleman's Community" with large row homes whose piece de resistance was and is the public square in the middle of the neighborhood. This was one of the first... [read more]

Library Sqaure: Meet Ellwood Park

March 4, 2010 by Spence Lean
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In my own going effort to revitalize all of East Baltimore, I came across a draft for a Master Plan for Library Square. It touches on some great ways to keep up gentrification moving above Patterson Park. Two things it doesn't do is address the one way stub of Pulaski Highway between Orleans St. and Fayette and the other is Ellwood Park... [read more]

What Will the 2010 Census Reveal?

February 21, 2010 by Spence Lean
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We can't move forward until you sent it back. That's been the new slogan for the 2010 census, yep it's that time again to see just how Baltimore and the entire Country have changed in the past 10 years; for better or worse. Baltimore's had a whirl wind decade from 2000-2010 and I'm sure there are a lot of stakeholders who are wondering... [read more]

Stephanie Rawlings Blake:Rediscovering Downtown

February 15, 2010 by Spence Lean
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Well, Baltimore has a new Mayor. Stephanie Rawlings Blake has taken the Office after Shelia Dixon resigned and like any new Mayor, she has an agenda. Now, so far all that needs to be done in Baltimore is removing four feet of snow and I'm sure Madame Mayor has a more ambitious agenda than that. The Sun Paper asked Ms. Rawlings Blake... [read more]

Bond St. Wharf: How Did We Miss This One?

January 25, 2010 by Spence Lean
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Fels Point has a lot of developmental firsts when it comes to Baltimore. It was among the first three settlements of the original Baltimoretown, Some of Baltimore's first industrial ventures have roots in Fels Point, some of Baltimore's first homes are in Fels Point, Fels Point was the first neighborhood to successfully stop a freeway... [read more]