03/09/2021, Filed Under: Lead StoryExplorations 3: The Neighborhood and the Park: Drumul Taberei, Bucharest Maria Alexandrescu Drumul Taberei is a neighborhood in Bucharest, Romania, constructed from 1966 through 1974. With 60,000 dwelling units, it currently stands as one of the city’s densest areas. Drumul Taberei was planned to include many green spaces between buildings, integral transportation networks, and a large park. From a satellite… read more
03/09/2021, Filed Under: Lead StoryExplorations 2: A Reflection on Exploratory Research in Pointe-Saint-Charles Aditi Ohri This paper describes the research process leading up to an intervention orchestrated in a historically working-class neighborhood in Montreal, Quebec. Pointe-Saint-Charles, also known as the Point, has been experiencing rapid gentrification following condominium developments along the nearby Lachine Canal in the early 2000s. My intervention took place within… read more
03/09/2021, Filed Under: Lead StoryExploration 1: Piñata Power: Reflections on Race, Love, and Planning Elizabeth Walsh Dear fellow planners, I write to you today as a white woman completing her doctorate in Community and Regional Planning at the University of Texas at Austin this spring, 2015. I am also a gentrifier and a neighborhood activist who moved from Boston to the Holly Neighborhood of… read more
