{"id":1477,"date":"2021-03-24T15:16:12","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T15:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sustainingplace.com\/?p=1477"},"modified":"2021-03-24T15:27:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T15:27:00","slug":"place-parts-episode-17-understanding-the-blends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainingplace.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/24\/place-parts-episode-17-understanding-the-blends\/","title":{"rendered":"Place Parts, Episode 17: Understanding the Blends"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Today&#8217;s episode in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, recalls the look and feel of urban blends discussed in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/rowman.com\/ISBN\/9781538133255\/Sustaining-a-City%27s-Culture-and-Character-Principles-and-Best-Practices\">Sustaining a City&#8217;s Culture and Character<\/a><\/em>. First, I return to a venue discussed in the Introduction (available in the link at the end of this entry).  Second, I describe several often-hidden facets of a city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L9LcmTfpsVo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The video amplifies basic concepts that the book illustrates in the Richmond town center through a single photograph. The photograph and related sections illustrate how sustaining an urban place\u2014at many scales\u2014requires blended, interdisciplinary attention to many place-specific junctions.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the Introduction notes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>These include natural systems and public works that lie beneath, building and structure for living and working, Wi-Fi kiosks for data access, interventions of nature and \u201csoft\u201d features, to the more abstract interplay between the built environment, clouds, and sky. The photograph leaves out\u2014because it cannot do otherwise\u2014the sociocultural intangibles and only implies place-inspired collective memories.<\/p><cite>Sustaining a City&#8217;s Culture and Character, p.5<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Review the special \u201clanding page\u201d for\u00a0<em>Sustaining a City\u2019s Culture and Character<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/page.rowman.com\/pages\/16609\/26636\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s episode in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, recalls the look and feel of urban blends discussed in Sustaining a City&#8217;s Culture and Character. First, I return to a venue discussed in the Introduction (available in the link at the end of this entry). 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