Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space

"A community’s physical form, rather than its land uses, is its most intrinsic and enduring characteristic." [Katz, EPA] This blog focuses on place and placemaking and all that makes it work--historic preservation, urban design, transportation, asset-based community development, arts & cultural development, commercial district revitalization, tourism & destination development, and quality of life advocacy--along with doses of civic engagement and good governance watchdogging.

Monday, July 31, 2017

Dirty streets

For more than a year I've been thinking about the need for regular "spot cleaning" of various locations that are outside of commercial districts where the city supports "regular" maintenance and cleaning of streets.

DC has a "Great Streets" program that funds capital improvements for businesses, but there are many basics that need to be addressed. It amazes me that most businesses don't invest in cleaning and maintaining the sidewalks and planting strips outside their businesses.

But it's not just commercial areas that need extra attention, although they tend to need it most.

Bottles and cans stuck in sewer intake, Peabody Street NE at New Hampshire Avenue
Bottles and cans stuck in sewer intake, Peabody Street NE at New Hampshire Avenue

Dirty gutter pan by a bus stop adjacent to Hechinger Mall on Maryland Avenue NE
Dirty gutter pan by a bus stop adjacent to Hechinger Mall on Maryland Avenue NE


unmaintained treebox in front of Timber Pizza Company, 800 block of Upshur Street NW
unmaintained treebox in front of Timber Pizza Company, 800 block of Upshur Street NW

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