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Care in the City: An Introduction to Mutual Aid

Walking the City: Belonging & Identity

Mixed Messages of Inclusion on New York City’s High Line

On Traveling Alone

Homelessness in the Welfare State

Refuge in the Andes

everyone on the Edge, you look like an ant too! the view from the piers 💙🥶🦋 Cities are always in flux- people, climate, ecology, politics, economics, and unforeseen crises keep us in limbo. How can planning create safeguards against drastic change for vulnerable communities? #nyc #planning #urbanphotography #urban #blog #city #design #architecture details >>> #architecture #city #design #planning #history Urban planning as a field emerged to organize cities that had become wildly congested due to rapid industrialization in the late 19th/early 20th centuries. Planning in the United States has also consistently acted as a tool to support and perpetuate white supremacy through displacement, housing discrimination, environmental racism, and economic oppression (among others). Any discussion of planning today must consider issues of race and how our decisions replicate existing harmful patterns. Curious to learn more? As planners, exploring abolitionist planning practices is a great start in educating each other and considering our decisions more carefully. There are countless resources out there from people of color who have been doing this work for decades, which I will highlight here and on the blog. #planning #urban #city #blogger #design #architecture #race #history #abolition Planning our waterfronts for more frequent and more extreme storm events is vital to protecting communities from climate change. Green infrastructure is a valuable tool for controlling flooding, but not all waterfronts are planned equally. How can waterfronts with few flood controls and heavy industry adapt to climate change? #planning #climatechange #city #nyc #urbanphotography #architecture #design #blogger

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