Meera Deean
@mdeeanCities, public space, transportation, dogs. Generally confused by social media. Opinions are my own.
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We're hiring! Come join me and my incredible team of urban designers and planners at the @BostonPlans ! Help us craft and execute a beautiful, human-scale, and inclusive vision for the design of the built environment across Boston! bit.ly/3AksHyP
Some Boston news: @MayorWu has appointed a Green New Deal senior advisor to oversee the transformative work she hopes to accomplish in Boston. He'll be bringing a pragmatic approach to Wu's big-thinking, sources told @emmaplatoff and me. bostonglobe.com/2022/08/08/met… via @BostonGlobe
Landmark, must read new study: “The new analysis — the biggest of its kind — found the degree to which the rich and poor were connected explained why a neighborhood’s children did better later in life, more than any other factor.” nytimes.com/interactive/20…
So sorry that I'm just getting to this now. There were six other people on this e-mail thread and I was hoping that one of them would answer your question and I could just go on living my life.nyer.cm/sm3CEX6
Home appraisal increased by almost $100,000 after Black family hid their race cincinnati.com/story/news/202… via @enquirer
Study on Harvard finds 43 percent of white students are legacy, athletes, related to donors or staff nbcnews.com/news/us-news/s…
Many great recommendations here 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
To understand systemic racism in housing, don’t go first to white authors that many recommend (whose books are good & important). Start w/brilliant analysis from Black and brown writers and thinkers. Here are some must reads:
THREAD: Housing is one prism through which we can understand systemic racism. Let's explore how 20th century housing policies systematically disadvantaged Black people, using clips from @sarah_l_burns & @davidmmcmahon's film, EAST LAKE MEADOWS. Here’s @jelani9 setting us up.
1. As we see multiracial crowds fighting for police reform, I keep thinking of how so many white liberals react when policymakers attempt to integrate their children's schools and gifted classrooms, or construct affordable housing in affluent neighborhoods.
May 1st is #rentday. That's rough on people who've lost their jobs - but also for the millions of households who were housing insecure even *before* the pandemic. brookings.edu/blog/up-front/…
"There is, simply put, a dire shortage of housing in places where people+companies want to live-and reactionary local politics that fight every effort to add more homes. Nearly all of the biggest challenges in America are, at some level, a housing problem" nytimes.com/2020/02/13/bus…
A rather technical - but historic moment - @marty_walsh signs a home-rule petition that would allow the City to change Linkage requirements & bakes IDP into zoning. Everyone came together on this one. @BOSCityCouncil @LydiaMEdwards @BostonPlans
Friends, we're delighted to share that @HousingiLAB, in partnership with @BSAAIA, is looking for a 2-year fellow to support exploration, experimentation, and evaluation of ideas + prototypes. Application closes July 22: architects.org/jobs/listing/5…
We may be pandering to our dog-obsessed friends/potential vlog watchers (yes, I'm tagging you), but @harborhorwood and I also have serious thoughts about good public space and creating cross-community connections on #WaterfrontWednesdays Ep. 11. Watch at youtu.be/nBxN6g5fMMw
If you missed tonight’s open house on Flood Resilient Zoning in East Boston, there will be four more neighborhood open houses including one on the 22nd in South Boston ( bostonplans.org/news-calendar/…) as well as meetings in Charlestown, Dorchester, and the North End + downtown.
Interested in Boston's Flood Resilient Building Guidelines & Zoning Overlay District? You can learn more about the proposed regulations at the BPDA's Open House next Tues. in East Boston. Chat with @BostonPlans + @GreenovateBos about building adaptation. bostonplans.org/news-calendar/…
Friday night on #BirchStPlaza. A lot is possible when you’ve got #streetsforpeople
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