City Repair in Action

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posted May 12, 2010

Should our towns and cities be built for cars or for people? City Repair sides with the latter. The Portland, Ore. nonprofit helps people organize, design, and implement new, people-friendly visions for their communities—and reclaim the notion of "neighborhood" in the process. Here's a collection of their best work over the years, from revived intersections to community-built picnic shelters to colorful murals. It's place-making in action. To view the photo essay, click here.

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Fixing Broken Cities: Interview with Mark Lakeman of the City Repair Project

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City Repair article..in Spanish?

Posted by Rebecca Peterson at May 24, 2010 09:32 AM

The article on City Repair is fantastico! is it available in Spanish by chance? I'd like to see if these ideas can be adapted in my community where I live in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico...gracias! (great 'zine...)

YES! in Spanish

Posted by Lilja Otto at May 25, 2010 09:39 AM

Rebecca, unfortunately we do not have this article in Spanish at this time. We do translate a small selection of our articles: http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/yes-in-spanish. We will soon post new articles from the America: The Remix issue. If you would like to be alerted when new Spanish content goes online, you can sign up for our Spanish newsletter: http://www.yesmagazine.org/whatcounts/signup.php. (Make sure you select the Spanish newsletter).