Category: Urban Planning
Public Meeting: Penn Avenue Corridor Phasing Plan
| March 11, 2008 | Posted by engagedcitizen under Community Development, Pennsylvania, Transportation, Urban Planning |
Public Meeting: Penn Avenue Corridor Phasing Plan Tuesday, March 11, 2008 – 6pm Saint Lawrence O’Toole Activity Building Penn Ave and North Atlantic More detail: http://groups.google.com/group/pennavepgh/browse_thread/thread/ef6f6b39d0eea384 Time: 6:00PM – Sign In 6:30PM – Presentation 7:00PM – Group Breakout Discussions The City of Pittsburgh, in cooperation with the PA Department of Transportation, the Federal Highway Administration,…
Does quasi-public mean quasi-accountable?
| February 20, 2008 | Posted by engagedcitizen under Civic Engagement, Community Development, Government, Pittsburgh, Sustainable Development, Transportation, Urban Planning |
URA Executive Director Pat Ford might be in trouble for his approval of the Zoning Administrator’s decision to allow a giant electronic billboard on Downtown’s new transit center. Beyond the question of why the URA director has any say on a City zoning issue, is the question of how he is held accountable for what…
a lesson for our leadership
| January 22, 2008 | Posted by breen under Civic Engagement, Community Development, Government, Sustainable Development, Urban Planning |
as a community development professional, i have long been dismayed with our local government’s top-down approach to development. i believe that sustainable development arises from a process of collective input because, logically, who knows better than those who will use it? i understand that inviting widespread input into anything is a daunting undertaking but, as…
Our Region’s Plan Open House
| December 10, 2007 | Posted by april under Civic Engagement, Community Development, Environment, Events, Government, Information, Issues, Links, Location, Sustainable Development, Transportation, Urban Planning, Western PA |
Monday, December 10th 12:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Xplorion Lobby, Regional Enterprise Tower (Old Alcoa Building) 425 Sixth Avenue, Downtown Pgh For more information, please call (412) 391â€5590 or visit www.projectregion.org. If you can’t make it to the open house, you can read the plan document and comment on it at the website linked above.…
Thinking Small
| December 6, 2007 | Posted by engagedcitizen under Community Development, Government, Neighborhoods, Pittsburgh, Poverty, Public Safety, Sustainable Development, Urban Planning |
In an article in Tuesday’s paper, the decentralization of Housing Court is being painted as a solution to building inspection issues. The efficiencies of a centralized system allow for more inspections to occur. The theory is that the neighborhood system will benefit neighborhoods because active neighbors know the District Magistrates and are therefore more likely…
action item: green building legislation at city council
| November 7, 2007 | Posted by breen under Community Development, Environment, Government, Issues, Pittsburgh, Sustainable Development, Take Action, Urban Planning |
from the green building alliance, pittsburgh’s affiliate of the us green building council: Dear Friend of GBA, I am writing to encourage you to reach out to your Pittsburgh Council Member and encourage them to support our Sustainable Development Bonuses legislation on Wednesday the 14th (text of legislation is below). Attached are some files which…
lost in space
| October 19, 2007 | Posted by breen under Environment, Sustainable Development, Urban Planning |
i recently came upon this diagram, which i find quite instructive: it shows how much acerage some chain retailers occupy worldwide. it also shows how many locations comprise that acerage. this is an interesting way to consider how much land we consume to allow for the kind of consumption we are actively seeking. in its…
who is the community?
| October 5, 2007 | Posted by breen under Civic Engagement, Community Development, Issues, Pittsburgh, Sustainable Development, Urban Planning |
i was asked this question this week and my automatic answer was, “an arbitrary geographic area with historical identity,” because, in pittsburgh, these areas, also known as neighborhoods, are the scale at which we practice efforts to establish and improve quality of life. last week’s community meeting on the northside keeps coming back to me.…
mayoral forum thursday
| September 25, 2007 | Posted by breen under 2007 November General Election, Civic Engagement, Community Development, Elections, Environment, Government, Issues, Pittsburgh, Politics, Sustainable Development, Transportation, Urban Planning |
The Pittsburgh Civic Design Coalition will host a Mayoral Candidates Forum on September 27th that will focus on issues related to design, development, and civic planning. Both Mayor Luke Ravenstahl and Republican mayoral candidate Mark DeSantis have agreed to participate. Moderated by Katherine Fink of WDUQ, the forum will be held at the David Lawrence…
Nat’l Vacant Properties Conference takes place in Pgh
| September 25, 2007 | Posted by april under Community Development, Events, Issues, Location, National, Pittsburgh, Sustainable Development, Urban Planning |
Anyone attend and like to comment on the highlights? Apparently Pittsburgh has received 2.5 million dollars from Surdna to bring people back to city neighborhoods. Surdna’s 2007 grantees are listed, several Pittsburgh orgs among them, but I couldn’t find this particular grant – or on the web in general. Conference coverage here…
show me the capital.
| September 21, 2007 | Posted by breen under Civic Engagement, Community Development, Sustainable Development, Urban Planning |
social capital. social capital is the value of the people working together. the idea is that people can do collectively what one person cannot do alone. i’m sure that we all understand this concept. however, it comes to pass quite often that people put their interest before the good of the whole. what seems to…
Sweet success…
| September 12, 2007 | Posted by april under Jobs, Pittsburgh, Rant, Sustainable Development, Urban Planning, Young People |
Housing makes up, for many people, the largest chunk of the monthly budget. We are advised to spend no more than 30 percent of our incomes on housing, but many around the country have no choice but to spend more. If I was a single person, bringing home $25,000 per year, I should spend no…
Right here in the burgh – first national conference
| September 8, 2007 | Posted by april under Events, Pittsburgh, Sustainable Development, Urban Planning, Western PA |
Yes, the first national conference focused on reuse of vacant properties is happening right here in Pittsburgh on Sept. 24 and 25, 2007. The National Vacant Properties Campaign is the sponsor of the conference “Reclaiming Vacant Properties,” along with several national and local entities. The conference website indicates that web registration is open until 9/14.…
we need to plan. (period)
| July 11, 2007 | Posted by breen under Pittsburgh, Sustainable Development, Uncategorized, Urban Planning |
The city needs real planning — plain and simple — city-wide and at the neighborhood level. Every resident knows this….Let’s recognize that there is no “invisible hand” out there to ensure our future success. We can’t just let the city happen. An effective plan must be driven by a coherent, shared vision describing the kind…
does density make you a democrat?
| May 23, 2007 | Posted by breen under Politics, Uncategorized, Urban Planning |
in this monday’s planetizen newswire, the editors shared a blog post that explores the relationship between our physical environment and our political choices. this takes me back to a paper i wrote in college about how single use zoning is bad for society. ah, to be young and academic. in any case, we all know…
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