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Articles by Mark Tirpak
Is Your City Swimmable?
Is your city or town swimmable? Many urban areas are located along coasts, lakes and rivers, where swimming in clean and safe open waters can (potentially) be a delightful and useful public practice. Urban swimming can provide a refuge from urban heat. It can also promote exercise, relaxation and social connections while supporting a vital life skill.
Tiny House Villages for Addressing Homelessness: An Interview with Yetimoni Kpeebi
Could more villages of ‘tiny homes’ in the US help to address our homelessness and housing affordability crisis? Yetimoni Kpeebi is a Ph.D student of Geography at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC) and an urban planning scholar who explores tiny house villages as a means for addressing issues of homelessness and housing access.
How HR Teams Can Prepare for the Remote Work Boom
The way employees work continues to morph as a result of COVID-19, and it appears the remote workforce is here to stay. However, most HR departments haven’t adjusted to this uptick in remote work. With more and more employees working across state and international borders, this workforce trend is poised to set off a multitude of problems, including potential tax violations.
Through the Lens of Color: An Interview with Gareth Doherty, Author of Paradoxes of Green: Landscapes of a City-State
Article Sidebar Published: Nov 13, 2019 Keywords: Bahrain, green, desert, date palm, landscape, architecture, place-making, sustainability, ecology, urban, design, cities, anthropology, ethnography, colors, hues, Arabian peninsula, Persian Gulf Main Article Content Abstract This interview by Mark Tirpak with Gareth Doherty of Harvard University Graduate School of Design, focuses on his Paradoxes of Green: Landscapes of a City-State (University of California Press, 2017).
Make the Tricentennial About Women and Women’s Empowerment
Following this past weekend’s Luminaria at Hemisfair, which some viewed as a prelude to San Antonio’s Tricentennial celebration, I was thrilled to read that San Antonio’s Woman’s Pavilion was featured in 2013’s Luminaria festivities. Bonnie Arbittier / Rivard ReportThe Woman’s Pavilion in Hemisfair Park is located near the Tower of the Americas.
Opinion: Expensive, car-centric Brackenridge Park Master Plan should refocus on pedestrians, access, bicycles
Per the City of San Antonio’s invitation to the public , I am offering feedback on the which is to be finalized soon and considered for the City’s 2017 bond program. My feedback is informed, in part, by r ecent information about San Antonio’s parks published by the Trust for Public Land (TPL) , as well as with hope that my recommendations will strengthen the final Brackenridge Park Master Plan and shape how public funds allocated to the plan are used.
San Antonio’s Top 5 Urban Mysteries and Near-Miracles of 2015
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It’s been a big year for urban planning and design conversations in San Antonio: From the city’s comprehensive SA Tomorrow planning exercises and VIA updating Vision 2040, to the city’s SASpeakUp 2016 annual budget workshops and forums.
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