Rebuilding Troy

USC Price urban studies forum. Exploring the intersections between planning and the world around us.

Main Menu

Skip to content
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Planning in Pics
  • Links
  • About
  • Editorial Panel
  • Contact

Category Archives: Uncategorized

Social Justice and Urban Planning: A Mixtape

December 14, 2015by Rebuilding Troy Leave a comment

As city planners we are not unaware of the links between the urban environment and discrepancies or inequalities in economic, social, education, and health. In fact, many of us became […]

Read Article →
Social and Community Planning, Uncategorized

Somewhat Relevant TV and Movie Recs for Winter Break!

December 24, 2014by abriski Leave a comment

Remember in high school when we just got to watch movies about things we were supposed to be learning?  During my Junior year English class, l recall spending two days reading […]

Read Article →
Uncategorized

Main Street Musings: History and Innovation

March 6, 2013by Rebuilding Troy Leave a comment

I recently read a blog posting, through Planetizen, by Kaid Benfield called “Are Main Streets a Thing of the Past? Is that OK?” He discusses Main Streets and their appeal […]

Read Article →
Uncategorized

Price Students take on the Local Government Case Challenge

March 4, 2013by Rebuilding Troy Leave a comment

Forty-eight hours. No, not Eddie Murphy’s grossly underrated eighties classic. That’s how much time teams had to research, strategize, and assemble presentations for USC’s Local Government Case Challenge. The evening […]

Read Article →
Uncategorized

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 […]

Read Article →
Uncategorized

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, […]

Read Article →
Uncategorized

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 […]

Read Article →
Uncategorized

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 […]

Read Article →
Uncategorized

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. […]

Read Article →
Uncategorized

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 […]

Read Article →
Uncategorized

Post navigation

1 2 … 8 Next →
  • Economic Development
  • Real Estate Development
  • Social and Community Planning
  • Sustainable Land Use Planning
  • Transportation and Infrastructure
  • Urban Design and Preservation
  • USC
  • Tommy’s Tools

What’s Hot

Price in Sao Paulo: housing, infrastructure, and questionable samba dancing
Social Justice and Urban Planning: A Mixtape
TED Lecture: A novel approach to environmental health
The Rise of Telework and What It Means
1/3 of Food Is Wasted, According to the U.N.
Joel Kotkin writes about Cashing in on SoCal Culture

Archives

Follow us @Rebuilding_Troy

My Tweets
Blog at WordPress.com.
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy
  • Follow Following
    • Rebuilding Troy
    • Join 34 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Rebuilding Troy
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...