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Nicetown
Places Journal
For decades a working-class neighborhood in Philadelphia has struggled to repair the damages inflicted by postwar urban renewal projects.
The Ecology of Unpredictability
Places Journal
Birch trees clumped in thickets are usually found at derelict and disturbed sites. When landscape architects use this type of planting, are their designs truly ecological? Does it matter?
Zombies and Ghosts
Places Journal
In 21st-century finance capitalism, residential buildings are valued less as homes than as investments. The unsettling results are underpopulated cities and bleak unfinished suburbs.
Wild Rice Waters
Places Journal
The decline of wild rice in Minnesota is a story of settler colonialism and tribal displacement. The resurgence of the harvest seeks to tell another story, one of tribal kinship and ecological stewardship.
Maintenance and Care
Places Journal
A working guide to the repair of rust, dust, cracks, and corrupted code in our cities, our homes, and our social relations.
Toward a Political Ecology of Architecture
Places Journal
As a profession and a practice, architecture can no longer ignore the toxic pollution of its supply chains, or the abuses that take place on building and manufacturing sites.