Social justice
fromFast Company
17 hours agoThe housing crisis is a storytelling problem
Zoning policies are framed as protective, masking their restrictive nature and appealing to emotions rather than facts.
I'm proud to live in Canoga Park. What's wrong with it? Perhaps it's not as elegant as Woodland Hills or Sherman Oaks, but I've produced two wonderful children from Canoga Park. The markets have fed my family. The shops have clothed my children. It will always be Canoga Park to me.
A few months ago, I went to a birthday party at a bar in Neepsend, an old industrial neighbourhood by the River Don in Sheffield. The bar had been a steelworks once, but now it was another example of the international style you find everywhere, from Portland, Oregon, to all the other Portlands in Canada, England, Australia, and New Zealand: exposed brick, steel beams, concrete floors, Edison bulbs. The steelworkers had been transformed into accountants and brand managers, the molten pig iron into £9 cocktails.
I took these pictures to remember stuff and myself and how young I was, and when I took this and how creative I was, so I can come back to it [when I'm] older and I can see what photos I took, and I'm like, 'Oh my god, that was me when I took it a long time ago.' But Khaled's perception of his beloved neighborhood is different from what the headlines about the Tenderloin say.
The situation in Ballymena has seen significant escalation, with residents marking doors by nationality as tensions rise amidst violent protests connected to a sexual assault case.
The Africatown Plaza project in Seattle emphasizes architectural design that intricately connects community identity with functionality, highlighting the building envelope as a significant medium.
JR emphasizes Naples’ unique spirit: 'It's one of the most interesting cities in Europe... no one respects traffic law, but everyone cares about each other.'