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Reclaiming The Grid: Portland's City Repair

Posted by: Chris Steins
Thanks to: Chris Steins
26 December 2003 - 5:00am

Since 1996, Portland's City Repair has been transforming the nature of public space and the dialogue that surrounds it.

"A nonprofit organization dedicated to creating public gathering places with creativity, artistry, and compassion, City Repair is a catalyst for neighborhood-based interaction and transformation. Most of City Repair's projects focus on what they call "Intersection Repair," which turns intersections into public gathering places. Despite early opposition, the City of Portland has embraced the idea, and City Repair has become a model for citizen-driven neighborhood improvement."

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Source: The Next American City, December 21, 2003
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