by OU IQC | Jun 22, 2015 | Lectures, Placemaking Conference 2015
“For an investor to succeed in a community-building investment, he or she has to have partners, has to have talent who can drive the investment forward. They have to have a cheering section in a community.” “One of the biggest community challenges...
by OU IQC | Jun 22, 2015 | Lectures, Placemaking Conference 2015
“If a city is requiring more than 3 parking spaces per 1,000 square feet, it is requiring more parking area than building area.” “The public sector comes in and forces the private market to produce a fixed supply of parking and then deliver it free...
by OU IQC | Jun 16, 2015 | Lectures, Placemaking Conference 2015
“In the 19th Century our leading causes of death were infectious diseases and cholera. We didn’t have antibiotics or vaccines, so we had to look at our cities- Planning and public health were birthed together and we were able to defeat many of these...
by OU IQC | Jun 16, 2015 | Lectures, Placemaking Conference 2015
“As I was working as an engineer and planner, I started to ask myself questions about why the projects I was working on didn’t seem to make a lot of financial sense. Why are cities that are experiencing robust growth having deep financial problems?”...
by OU IQC | Jun 16, 2015 | Lectures, Placemaking Conference 2015
“I desperately wanted to fix my hometown, Miami. To help create place. I thought if we could only convince people, show them the power of place, its value, that things could change. I just needed to find a way to prove that to people.” Mariela Alfonzo...
by OU IQC | Jun 16, 2015 | Lectures, Placemaking Conference 2015
With increasing globalization and digital technology, it can sometimes seem that the world is becoming placeless. Wilfred McClay describes why a sense of place still matters, and the dangers of ignoring it. Wilfred McClay is the Blankenship Chair in the History of...
