All posts tagged “placemaking

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Neon and space

At this point, it is well known that I am a big fan of neon. It is something that we have obviously worked to incorporate into our Junction House project through things like our rooftop placemaking sign (it’s actually LED), our collaboration with local artist… Read More

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What drives attachment to cities

The Knight Foundation recently published a report looking at what attaches people to the place in which they live. To get this information, they surveyed over 11,000 Americans, some of which live in urbanized areas and some of which just live in metro areas across… Read More

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From retail to logistics

Over the past few weeks we’ve been talking about the future of the mall on this blog. It’s a topic that I’m very interested in. Yesterday the Wall Street Journal published an article talking about the trend of converting retail/shopping facilities to logistic centers.  Here’s… Read More

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Preserving place

I was recently asked: How do you go into a neighborhood, build new, and not erase and/or sterilize what makes that neighborhood interesting in the first place?  Gentrification is a controversial topic in city building. Too often I think we ignore what happens when we… Read More