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Summary graphic: Graffiti at Munich’s Bahnwarter Thiel

Breaking Through the Tors of Perception: 700 Years of Urban Planning in Munich

2020-11-15
On: 11/15/2020
In: Europe

I wanted a street-level look at Munich’s past, present, and maybe even its future. Instead, I ended up on an urban planning journey through space and time.

Summary graphic: A tryptic of photos: A close-up of mutton held aloft by a fork, a Black man retrieves meats from a slow-cooker at the counter of his restaurant, art hanging inside of an atrium within a renovated building.

Discussing the Future of Taylor, TX at Davis Grocery & Bar-B-Q

2020-08-06
On: 08/06/2020
In: Texas BBQ

We spent 10 years wondering what was inside Davis Grocery & Bar-B-Q. Once inside, we got answers to questions we had never thought to ask.

Exterior of an old mall with text that reads "CULTURE WHERE YOU LEAST EXPECT IT: URBAN PLANNING LESSONS FROM THE MALL OF COOKEVILLE, TN"

Culture Where You Least Expect It: Urban Planning Lessons from the MALL of Cookeville, TN

2016-11-13
On: 11/13/2016
In: Near South

We see the MALL of Cookeville, TN as an authentic, local reinvention of a place that the corporate world forgot. Perhaps it can offer urban planning lessons to other communities stuck with abandoned big boxes.

8 Photos: The Birth of Somerville’s Chuckie Harris Park

2013-07-15
On: 07/15/2013
In: Boston, Photo Essays

With over 50 trees, a three-story water sprinkler that can also hold a movie screen, and tons of play features, Somerville’s locally-designed Chuckie Harris Park represents a truly innovative reclamation of urban space for public use.

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