HECTOR urban design

practicing urban design, planning & civic arts

[Outlier Media is on Bluesky @media_outlier]

Detroiters are vocal about things they don’t want in their neighborhoods. Articulating what they do want is much harder.

Future neighborhood plans may want to borrow from the Cody Rouge plan —it's the best example of doing it right.

https://t.co/RAYEpSC4lP

[HECTOR urban design @HECTORdesigns]

American Planning Association @APA_Planning has recognized the Cody Rouge & Warrendale YOUTH-CENTRIC Neighborhood Framework with the 2023 National Planning Excellence Award!

Here's to healthy and imaginative futures on Detroit's Far West Side!

https://t.co/0tTLGr8ea2

[American Planning Association @APA_Planning]

📣 Big announcement! We are thrilled to share the winners of the 2023 #APAawards! These four recipients shared stunning master plans, transformative change for their communities, innovative infrastructure, and more! Learn more about the plans of the year: https://t.co/HplqhRSIeS

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@StreetsDept @nate_file @PhillyInquirer Philly teens not only need spots to be themselves, they deserve major roles in imagining, critiquing & making spaces for themselves & community!

https://t.co/hg9WNqhMcS

@seamaac
@muralarts
@PhilaParkandRec

[muf architecture/art @MUFarchitecture]

This Friday 14th 5.30pm UK time
@HECTORdesigns HECTOR designs celebrated and quizzed by Liza from @MUFarchitecture.
The real deal of co- production & co- client-ing to create projects of Accuracy and Joy.
(pictured Curb Cut Fete with @CID_NY )
Curb cut = dropped kerb

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Friday, Oct 14 at noon NYC time, HECTOR is excited to telechat over lunch with one of our idols Liza Fior @MUFarchitecture & friends from all around, hosted on zoom by the Architectural League @ArchLeague

more info
https://t.co/a7Wtsx7BOl

register
https://t.co/pIPG1JhRy2

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@tomslater42 fye from "Red Lines & Death Vows: Mortgage Politics in the 20th Century" poster series
in "Art and Work" edited by Temporary Services

https://t.co/fMrnm2phIo

https://t.co/0Z7Iz82SNG

also can't wait to read @rmarchiel's book

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@PlanPhilly @cjaramillo dear @PlanPhilly, please come out & continue your excellent coverage of this neighborhood's work towards self-determination at the Sept 16-17 South Philly Neighborhood Summit with @seamaac @CAGPnews & others https://t.co/tgCxWAbNxW

[@sewagefreenj @sewagefreenj]

Last week, our Community Leaders Fellowship Program participants learned about zoning and planning for stormwater. A huge thank you to Damon Rich of @HECTORdesigns for an engaging discussion on ways New Jersey's planning and development laws can be useful in advocacy work!

[CFCNJIC NJ Room @ Newark Lib @NPLNJRoom]

Today's #archiveshashtagparty is #ArchivesSustainability We have a lot of archives about sustainability in Newark's environment like this guide to the Riverfront you can read here https://t.co/4sPlquFLH1

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@NJTPA

[HECTOR urban design @HECTORdesigns]

granite markers arrived on site!

[Helen Gym @HelenGymAtLarge]

Fascinating look at one of the people redesigning our diverse Mifflin Square Park. https://t.co/kfrBglrNPs

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@thesamstark shonda

[HECTOR urban design @HECTORdesigns]

new entry taking shape at #MifflinSquarePark thanks to
#FriendsOfMSP
@seamaac
@CAGPnews
#KarenCommunityOfPhilly
#UnitedCommunities
#7thStCommunityCivic
@LoMoPhilly
#WhitmanCouncil
@PhillyH2O
@PhilaParkandRec
@CMMarkSquilla
@WilliamPennFdn
@HanoverPav #OverrunPile
📷Emily Bunker

[HECTOR urban design @HECTORdesigns]

@buellcenter @amilkman @NextCityOrg https://t.co/cFhMt2WHT5

[Jason Withington @jhwkcmo]

@EricWBunch @HOET_Landscape But with its view of the KCMO skyline could look like Newark's riverfront

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@NewJerseyFuture @UofO_07050 thanks! fyi Jae's & Khaatim's names are reversed in this photo

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@charlotte_leib @glen_mtwtf @EPAregion2 @IronboundCC @HatchMott @tpl_org @CityofNewarkNJ @rasjbaraka @essexparks @Joe_D_EssexExec @CoryBooker @HackensackRiver @NYNJBaykeeper @NewJerseyDEP @NJDEPMcCabe yes, though we literally meant that *we ourselves* need to go reseal...maybe @glen_mtwtf will join & schvitz with us

(land around the #OrangeSticks is divided into a @CityofNewarkNJ strip & a @essexparks strip dating from filling of Morris Canal, creating maintenance challenges)