Disasters: the more things change, the more they stay the same

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Two pieces on the challenges in re-building following a disaster. The first, from Lydia DePillis at the New Republic, on the challenges Brad Pitt has encountered in his rebuilding efforts in post-Katrina New Orleans:

But for a while now, Make It Right [ed- Brad Pitt's charity foundation] has been having trouble enticing

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April 13th, 2013 | Tags: , , | Category: Uncategorized | One comment

Observations from San Francisco

As a nice respite to DC’s heat, I was able to spend the last week in California – including several days in San Francisco.  Some thoughts and observations from the trip:

Hills and Grids: Gridded streets have plenty of benefits, to be sure – but the downside is that they do not react to topography.  San

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August 9th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Uncategorized | One comment

Weekend reading

Excuse my timing on this, as this doesn’t leave much weekend to play with – but here are some items worth noting from the previous week or so:

Streetcars bridge the gaps: Yonah Freemark has an excellent post on DC’s evolving streetcar network and its ability to fill the gaps in Metro’s network.  Yonah’s excellent visuals

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June 6th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Links | One comment

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