tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6410943414884413402011-04-21T11:51:21.726-07:00public penhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04670345833625563910noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641094341488441340.post-32181867035457805472008-04-20T16:07:00.000-07:002008-04-20T16:17:21.059-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5JfT9EYYi5M/SAvO-x2ftWI/AAAAAAAAABc/tSJZ3PXn9ho/s1600-h/postcard+two.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5JfT9EYYi5M/SAvO-x2ftWI/AAAAAAAAABc/tSJZ3PXn9ho/s320/postcard+two.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191470573403747682" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5JfT9EYYi5M/SAvNXR2ftUI/AAAAAAAAABM/ZEKBdqnkr74/s1600-h/postcard_two.jpg"><br /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/641094341488441340-3218186703545780547?l=publicpenpal.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>public penhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04670345833625563910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641094341488441340.post-37826462927202780442008-04-11T13:37:00.001-07:002008-04-11T13:42:36.013-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5JfT9EYYi5M/R__M6qcEPjI/AAAAAAAAAA4/D60VOkAI7TA/s1600-h/postcard.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5JfT9EYYi5M/R__M6qcEPjI/AAAAAAAAAA4/D60VOkAI7TA/s320/postcard.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188090603950587442" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5JfT9EYYi5M/R__MG6cEPiI/AAAAAAAAAAw/7np0UHH0pAQ/s1600-h/postcard.JPG">A quick invite<br /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/641094341488441340-3782646292720278044?l=publicpenpal.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>public penhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04670345833625563910noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641094341488441340.post-79148757140375468302008-04-11T13:18:00.000-07:002008-04-20T16:20:47.898-07:00<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">Toronto and København (Copenhagen) are about half-a-world away from each other, </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">but the two cities do have some things in common.</span><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">For example condos are popping up all over both cities </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">and their governments are spending lot of time reminding </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">everyone what "world-class" cities they are.</span><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">Another similarity is that there are amazing communities in these </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">cities that are being gentrified to make way for this world class development.</span><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">City governments and developers are also spending a lot of time </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">explaining to people in these communities what exactly is wrong </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">with them and their homes, and why they need to be revitalized or normalized. </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">What they are not doing is spending anytime listening to the people </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">in these communities and finding out what are the good things about their homes </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">or finding out why people don't want to leave.</span><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">PP-PP will connect people in very different communities, public housing </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">residents in Toronto, and residents of Christiana in </span><span style="">København; </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">getting them to tell stories about the everyday assets of their homes, </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">asking questions about each other, and possibly discovering surprising similarities.</span><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">Thanks to the <a href="http://www.crir.net">Christiania Researcher in Residence</a><a href="http://www.crir.net"> </a>(CRIR) programme for their support of this project. </span><br /></span></div><pre><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span></span><span style=""></span></pre></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/641094341488441340-7914875714037546830?l=publicpenpal.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>public penhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04670345833625563910noreply@blogger.com0