Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Integrated Land Use and Transportation discussion

For class we had to discuss another student's essay in an online discussion forum. Well, my response included a paragraph on the importance of mixed use developments...

My answer led me here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Place

then here
http://www.pps.org/info/placemakingtools/placemakers/roldenburg

The subject material covered in the Project for Public Spaces are some of the reasons I'm pursuing the planning profession...

All of it is kind of a synthesis of "droopy" and "david," huh?

After some looking around I saw that this guy is a "Place Maker." Yes, I'm a regular reader of his website.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

saw a bumper sticker today "gut fish, not houses"

MOM

Anonymous said...

post offices?????? Great 3rd places--good, new meaning for "going postal"

me again