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Where Community Is at Work Making Itself
Creating and proctecting third places in low-income communities. A conversation with May Louie, Neeraj Mehta, Ken Reardon, and Chuck Wolfe.
An Island Where There Is a Standard
Like so many of its counterparts across the country, Brick’s is more than just a barbershop in Albany, N.Y. It’s a haven in a troubled neighborhood. ·
Get Out of the Way
To create a great third place, one of the most important principles is to let users make it their own. ·
Saving The Village Pub
When a small U.K. village’s pub closed, a group that had formed to create affordable housing found itself launching a campaign to form a community-owned business and save a community gathering space as well. ·
Flowers Follow
Sometimes all a vacant lot needs to become a community hub is for someone to know who owns it and who can turn over the keys. ·
Hanging on to the Land
Community gardens and urban agriculture are crucial gathering places—and revitalizing forces—in neighborhoods with lots of vacancy and low values. But what happens to them when the market turns around? ·
Claiming Space
Community-driven art projects are helping to define and reshape neighborhood spaces in Philadelphia. ·
The Case of NYCHA’s Disappearing Open Space
What looks to a public housing authority like “unused development rights” often looks to public housing residents like important gathering places. ·
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A Place in the Heart
We asked some of the people who contributed essays for our feature on community developers under 36…... more
New Territory
How two CDCs added school reform to their agendas. ·
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