Category: Personal Reflections

Film Review, Personal Reflections

From the Archives) Film Analysis: Oil Culture in The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

This post was originally published on November 26, 2019. By Siobhan Nelson The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Jacques Demy’s 1964 musical film, tells a brilliantly crafted story about the dichotomies of life—success and hardship, youth and maturity, love and heartbreak. Divided into three vignettes with each beginning in 1957, 1959, and 1963, the story centers on Guy Foucher, a mechanic at a local garage, and Genevieve Emery, … Continue reading From the Archives) Film Analysis: Oil Culture in The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

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36 Hours Series, Personal Reflections, Travel

Series: Planning for 36 Hours in Seattle, Washington 

Planner’s Travel Series  About the series: Welcome to our ongoing travel series. These are all posts written by planning students and professionals about what to do in a given city when looking for Brunch, a Brew, or a good idea on a Budget. To cap it all off, we include a fun planning fact!   By Nik Reasor About the visit: I first visited Seattle in … Continue reading Series: Planning for 36 Hours in Seattle, Washington 

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Personal Reflections, Planning, Theory

Too Big to Dismantle: Planning for Reuse of the Tarheel Army Missile Plant

By Ian Baltutis As cities grow and develop and the national economy fluctuates, the industries that occupy cities change too. When the economy is booming, built structures of immense scale are constructed to accommodate the surge in industry. However, when the economy subsides, there is rarely the economic energy necessary to dismantle or repurpose those same structures. The Tarheel Army Missile Plant (TAMP) in Burlington, … Continue reading Too Big to Dismantle: Planning for Reuse of the Tarheel Army Missile Plant

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Education, Personal Reflections, Planning

The Case for a K-12 Planning Education 

By Isabel Soberal What would it look like to incorporate principles of urban planning into the K-12 curriculum in U.S schools—could it be the answer to apathy planners are looking for? Dr. Thomas Campanella’s 2011 article, entitled “Jane Jacobs and the Death and Life of American Planning,” reflects on the canonization of Jane Jacobs by grassroots activists, not necessarily for the overall betterment of the … Continue reading The Case for a K-12 Planning Education 

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36 Hours Series, Personal Reflections, Travel

Series: Planning for 36 Hours in Fanwood, New Jersey

Planner’s Travel Series  About the series: Welcome to our ongoing travel series. These are all posts written by planning students and professionals about what to do in a given city when looking for Brunch, a Brew, or a good idea on a Budget. To cap it all off, we include a fun planning fact!   By Kathryn Cunningham About the visit: Fanwood is a small suburb … Continue reading Series: Planning for 36 Hours in Fanwood, New Jersey

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36 Hours Series, Personal Reflections, Travel

Series: Planning for 36 Hours in Toulouse, France

Planner’s Travel Series  About the series: Welcome to our ongoing travel series. These are all posts written by planning students and professionals about what to do in a given city when looking for Brunch, a Brew, or a good idea on a Budget. To cap it all off, we include a fun planning fact! By Jo Kwon, Managing Editor About the visit: I recently visited … Continue reading Series: Planning for 36 Hours in Toulouse, France

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Climate Change, Personal Reflections, Planning

Women Are Needed in Spaces Where Decisions Are Being Made  

By Rene Marker-Katz Climate change is ingrained in much of the work being done through the lens of urban planning, policy initiative, and other sectors influential at the human scale. While the web of climate adaptation has recently become embedded within the core of urban planning, it is crucial to address the continued lack of gender diversity in spaces where decisions are made.  This lack … Continue reading Women Are Needed in Spaces Where Decisions Are Being Made  

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Housing and Community Development, Personal Reflections, Planning, Theory

How Decisions are Made: The People’s Park Housing Project in Berkeley, CA 

By Kathryn Cunningham Back in 2017, UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ and City of Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguín announced a housing development project at People’s Park. This project, set to start construction in late 2022, will redevelop the park into housing for students, low-income residents, and the unhoused. The City also promised to preserve 60% of the land for historical commemoration and green space.   Not … Continue reading How Decisions are Made: The People’s Park Housing Project in Berkeley, CA 

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Personal Reflections

Drawing Lines is Hard and We Need to Be More Decisive About It  

By Ian Baltutis (John W Powell’s 1890 proposal to the US Congress about redrawing western state boundaries to match watershed districts as a method for effectively managing the limited water supply) Having grown up in the Midwest, I remember fondly how easy it seemed to fill in the names of some states and not others on elementary school geography assignments. The clean geometric lines of … Continue reading Drawing Lines is Hard and We Need to Be More Decisive About It  

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Land Use and Environmental Planning, Personal Reflections, Theory

Cheonggyecheon: A Revolution of Environment, Rule, and Interaction within Seoul  

By Nik Reasor The Cheonggyecheon stream in Seoul, South Korea is considered a masterpiece of urban infrastructure, revolutionizing how cities look at old infrastructure and imagine change. Though it is best known for being a picturesque greenspace cutting through one of the most dense cities on the planet, what truly sets Cheonggyecheon apart is how it directly altered Seoul’s decision-making process. Previously, Seoul believed in its … Continue reading Cheonggyecheon: A Revolution of Environment, Rule, and Interaction within Seoul  

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