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Knoxville, TN - USA
Joined January 2010
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It was a humble shift: adding movable chairs to a park with nothing but bolted-down benches. But the way it activated this public space is truly astonishing. Great example of the power of small bets from @Gothamist. bit.ly/2KJd776
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Kids, dogs, parents - it’s a beautiful day to be outside. Go vote! #vote4Mayor #kincannonformayor #kincannonforknoxville #dogsforKincannon
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We’re adding research we’ve done about good citizenship to our #pbl wall in #kindergarten! This will help us write a book featuring a main character who is a good citizen.
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(Belatedly) @sangerkatz + illustrator Tom Enthoven explain the differences between the many Dem health care proposals with an elaborate metaphor about... home renovation!! nytimes.com/2019/09/19/upsho…
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More than 1,000 former federal prosecutors say that President Trump would’ve been charged with obstruction if he were any other American. Here are 11 of them, in their own words:
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Dive bars are integral to America’s historic character but they are facing many challenges. Find out how you can become a dive bar champion with these seven tips. #SaveTheDiveBar savingplac.es/2GBu7LY via @savingplaces
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WASHINGTON – Feb. 8, 2019 – The American Institute of Architects 2019 President William Bates, FAIA, issued the following statement today in response to the proposed Green New Deal: aia.org/press-releases/61054…
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"This points to a principal problem in modern urban planning: that it treats a city as a machine to be improved upon, rather than a garden to be cultivated." We love this one from @amconmag about how one fish market can change the way we view our cities. bit.ly/2MMdcqq
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Guest column: Every state bordering TN has something we don't — and it's hurting us bizjournals.com/memphis/news… via @MBJMemphis
"I Failed to be an Artist but I Became an Artistic Architect": Interview with Yung Ho Chang of Atelier FCJZ bit.ly/2TjxaLb
the new Historic Preservation Podcast Series is now available for streaming on Soundcloud. soundcloud.com/columbiagsapp…
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Deborah Berke's "Against Historic Preservation" in the current JAE is really outstanding
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Way to go @CityMinneapolis! “Minneapolis will become the first major US city to end single-family home zoning, a policy that has done as much as any to entrench segregation, high housing costs & sprawl as the American urban paradigm over the past century.” slate.com/business/2018/12/m…
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“The way we have the city is zoned now is perpetuating racial inequity as well as income inequity. We have a lot of data to back that up.” nextcity.org/daily/entry/sea…
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For our latest podcast 🎧 we investigated Italy’s hundreds of unfinished public buildings – dubbed the country’s most important architectural style today. We also went inside an unfinished dam on Sicily. failedarchitecture.com/podca…
Our trolls love to tell us to get back in the kitchen. Joke’s on them — we took the whole damn house. #PowerToThePolls
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More on adaptive reuse in the new book "RE-USA 20 american stories of adaptive reuse" byMatteo Robiglio. ow.ly/WTe930mmuuC
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