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Camden, New Jersey Land and Dream Policy Recommendations for Camden from Camden Land and Dream Eliminate Single Use Zoning For Camden Residential Properties 2 / 09 A.C.AIRPORT STIMULUS 5/ 24/08
Proposal: One
Hundred Waterfronts for 11/27/07 SELLING AMERICA:A Plan For Petty's Island 10/19/06 Camden New Jersey "Blue Ribbon Panel" Recommendations Camden's New Leadership June, 2006 Re:
Budget Cuts, Urban Studies Department, Rutgers-Camden
It's Official: Camden, New Jersey: highest poverty rate in
the U.S.
-U.S. Census Bureau
An
open letter to Michael Chertoff, Division of Homeland Security
Is A PATHWAY OUT OF POVERTY - "7 for 1" - An idea for Camden's Children H1b1 Visa Holders Needed to Revive Camden A more sensible plan for Mickle Blvd. Camden must consider "class" and social stratification in it's plans. The 800 lb Gorilla In The Middle Of the Room. Camden's... What it takes to make any city an attraction: Urban Elegance What is "Urban Renewal?" -Michael McAteer Poundberry England: This residential design pattern can work in Camden, New Jersey. Read Art: What we think Camden really needs is a torpedo factory. Look at this one .The Torpedo Factory Lower Crime With Defensible Communities A model for Camden, Philadelphia's Northern Liberties: A Renewal Success Story Camden Architectural Competition Should Cramer Hill Consider Seceding From Camden ?The Arts: Without painters, poets, comedians, writers, craftsmen, musicians, fashion designers, dancers, actors, chefs, architects and Bohemians in large numbers cities are just plain drab, boring and uninspiring. In Camden, where are those urban pioneers with the third eye? Anywhere? Camden is a cultural dead zone. In most "Comeback Cities" policy to attract the arts was a major element of their success. Offering free Creative Space clustered in a neighborhood is a sure way to attract artists. In a city like Camden, with a glut of abandoned properties, it would be easy to find thirty or forty properties appropriate for giving to artists to create an arts zone. As a qualification for free space, eligible artists and crafts persons should already be operating a creative space, restaurant or gallery someplace else. That way, city officials will know that applicants are for real, and the city will know exactly what they are getting in a space. In downtown Camden, excessive large Parking Lots fronting the major streets erode vitality and area cohesion. These parking lots should be the subject of much needed Infill development and Eminent Domain takings when necessary, a much less traumatic and costly legal effort than evicting hundreds of homeowners. Large, well placed Parking Structures can replace much of the parking surface vertically. In such a small downtown with two PATCO Hi-Speed Line stations connecting the entire region, most of the area is within walking distance of the stations. Atlantic City style "Jitney" buses can provide quick efficient transportation throughout downtown while providing a decent living to resident entrepreneurs as Jitney owner / operators. April 26, 2006 LET THEM GO! "Parking remains a major issue for the
Tweeter Center on peak days. The area is short the 7,200 spaces it pledged when
the concert hall opened, creating frustrations for motorists and for Tweeter
officials, who last year threatened to leave the city if it didn't get
solved." - Philadelphia Inquirer |