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An Urban Design Critique of Pershing Square

January 14, 2013by Rebuilding Troy Leave a comment

In Who’s Your City, urban economist Richard Florida notes a significant result of his Place and Happiness Survey; of five major categories that had a correlation with one’s satisfaction with […]

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The Rise of Telework and What It Means

December 21, 2012by Rebuilding Troy 32 Comments

Editor’s Note: This article was originally posted here. Congratulations to Jeff for his published work! Teleworking (also known as telecommuting) has taken flight as a global trend. During July of 2002, […]

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Plazas, Nature, and Libraries: A quick look at finding precedent projects for inspiration.

December 6, 2012by Rebuilding Troy Leave a comment

Admittedly, I am a nerd. In my spare time, I type key words into ArchDaily and find interesting projects, partially to add them to a running catalog of precedent projects I […]

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Get involved with Give a Voice LA!

December 3, 2012by Rebuilding Troy 1 Comment

Give A Voice LA is a social media campaign to build community driven after school programs in healthy living and the arts. Give A Voice LA seeks to encourage dialogue among […]

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Planning for Athletic Facilities

November 29, 2012by Rebuilding Troy Leave a comment

A huge topic of conversation in LA these days is the plan for Farmers Field, a state-of-the-art football stadium proposed for downtown, adjacent to LA Live and the Convention Center. […]

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Greenbuild Conference 2012 San Francisco

November 19, 2012by Rebuilding Troy 6 Comments

Did anyone else attend USGBC’s annual conference this year? I was impressed by the overarching themes of ecological systems thinking throughout many of the topics–including sessions about biomimicry, biophilia and […]

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Why Los Angelinos Should Not Subsidize Farmers Field

November 13, 2012by Rebuilding Troy 1 Comment

City leaders seem to think stadia promote economic development: despite expert testimony to the contrary. Why are they so misguided? Maybe they want to be. After all, people love football […]

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How has Planning School affected your Bucket List?

October 18, 2012by Rebuilding Troy 1 Comment

I came across this blog today called 50 Year Project where the blogger hopes to visit the 192 UN countries (now there’s 193, but who’s counting?), watch 100 must-see movies, and […]

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Incredible Edible – Local Food is the Best Food!

October 12, 2012by Rebuilding Troy Leave a comment

Another great video from TED! In this video Pam Warhurst, cofounder of Incredible Edible, shares how her community in Todmorden, England started a local food partnership to change the way […]

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Documentary Review: “Urbanized” by Gary Hustwit

October 11, 2012by Rebuilding Troy 19 Comments

Gary Hustwit’s 2011 documentary, Urbanized, discusses design projects across multiple continents and includes innovative projects in housing, mobility, public space, and infrastructure. Despite its rich project diversity, the organization and […]

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