PHXCommons

[PHXCommons @PHXCommons]

Commons are needed. Spaces for community. Where all are welcome.

[The Nation @thenation]

In the world of architecture, Covid transformed the way designers thought about their work and mostly for the better. But it has yet to transform the system of plutocratic funding that they still rely on.
https://t.co/06WtQQ7Un7

[Reuters @Reuters]

Austrian symbolist artist Gustav Klimt's masterpieces come to life in an immersive exhibit in New York, inaugurating a new museum that merges technology, art and music https://t.co/CNqixvEwaF

[Bridge Alliance Education Fund @BrdgAllianceUS]

Guns in Public Places American Public Square at Jewell 

What can be done to mitigate the increasing prevalence of gun violence in American society?

Listen Here: https://t.co/hod0cJ81C9

[Antonella Radicchi, PhD @antoradix]

Spotted today on an exploratory #walk in #Birmingham #PortLoop #placemaking

[Next City @NextCityOrg]

Can this collective commercial real estate model, created and led by Black businesses in Chicago, finally revitalize the South and West Side’s long-disinvested commercial corridors? @oscarthinks reports.

https://t.co/R3DCt1uH7k

[Coby @Cobylefko]

Instead of viewing popular places in our cities as "tourist traps" and looking down on them, we should try to understand why people enjoy them.

It's often because they're some of a city's few people-oriented places. We shouldn't be ignoring them, but learning from them!

[Richard Florida @Richard_Florida]

“The old moniker central business district no longer applies. Today’s downtowns are more aptly considered as central connectivity districts — essential platforms where people socialize, cooperate, and collaborate.” https://t.co/AThuINgJZb

[PHXCommons @PHXCommons]

Remember back in 2016-17 pushing garden rooftops, green living walls and sustainable demo spaces in #Phoenix. Getting leadership to act is the least sustainable.

[COP26 @COP26]

Cities are warming at a faster rate than their surroundings due to #ClimateChange 🏙️

Because of the #UrbanHeatIslandEffect, our cities are already 0.5 - 4° hotter

Read the list of short-term solutions to reduce the heat in cities from the @UNFCCC 👇

[Public Square @cnupublicsquare]

How zoning reform helped to turn Buffalo around. @StrongTowns @mnolangray #urbanism
https://t.co/rJovgUgkkd

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

It’s REALLY important that #Vancouver’s Downtown Business Association, who were originally AGAINST downtown bike-lanes, have become one of their most vigourous supporters, because of EVIDENCE that bike-lanes are better for downtown business than any street parking they replace.

[Brookings Metro @BrookingsMetro]

William H. Frey: While many of those who fled cities may not return, future city gains may well be in the hands of younger generations and new immigrant waves—groups that in the past tended to choose big cities as their destinations. https://t.co/YWXCcPSdbv

[Bloomberg CityLab @CityLab]

A new book reveals why small businesses and low-rise neighborhoods continue to thrive in Tokyo https://t.co/i5G2PQEzcq via @citylab

[Cities Today @Cities_Today]

Cities should consider reconfiguring their roads and pavements to prepare for new kinds of vehicles, says the National Safety Council

👉 https://t.co/prgo3drG62

@NSCsafety #roadsafety #AV #accessibility #urbanmobility

[Gil Penalosa @Penalosa_G]

Yes, we must change the conversation. As example, very important, if we could see our city from 95cm height, as a 3 year old, what would we change? In streets, parks, other public spaces? #Urban95 #SafeStreets #Gil4Mayor #Toronto4Everyone

[Bloomberg CityLab @CityLab]

As many workers opt to stay home, developers are packing their buildings with amenities that mix private and public spaces https://t.co/9875FgVbVj

[Next City @NextCityOrg]

This immersive community archive in the Chicago area shows local Arab and Muslim communities' "unapologetic refusal" to allow years of secret FBI surveillance to "define our stories or impact how we see ourselves."

https://t.co/1hryOKdmQ0

[PHXCommons @PHXCommons]

Cool.
#art

[Dr. Kash Sirinanda @kashthefuturist]

The world needs more playful urban art 😊
Artist David Zinn
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[Virginia Piper Trust @PiperTrust]

After successful careers in law and business with Fortune 500 companies, Stuart Graff always knew he would cap his working life in the #nonprofit world. Today, he is president & CEO of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. https://t.co/tAbo8T49HC @WrightTaliesin

[Hannah Brown @HannahMargBrown]

I had the pleasure of exploring lessons that can be learned from @womenslibrary and other libraries when it comes to feminist town planning for the @scotonsunday support our libraries campaign.
Findings: women and books = iconic duo. 📚

https://t.co/8MqlFrN0Hb