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  “Glocalization,” Neighborhoods as Brands

  Brendan Crain | Tue, Apr 8th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | Tags: environment, downtown, crime, seattle, growth, gentrification, boston, internet, denver, manhattan, advertising, brendan crain | 1

  The average American sees several thousands of advertisements each day—the most commonly accepted estimate is 3,000.  It is no secret in our society that a large chunk of advertising and marketing efforts are directed at children ... Whether or not you think that advertising’s influence on young minds is positive or negative, no one can deny the fact that this massive onslaught of commercialism has some sort of effect, developmentally, on children.  And, since these children will, in a generation or so, be reshaping our cities, how might these developmental changes effect the urban environment?  Perhaps some clues are already rising to the surface.

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  Neighborhoods as Brands: Imagining the Globalocal Future

  Brendan Crain | Thu, Mar 20th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | Tags: gentrification, internet, manhattan, advertising, dubai, brendan crain, lyons, glocalization | 1

  The French city of Lyons is being reproduced on the outskirts of Dubai, presumably for the value of Lyons’ “cultural cachet.” Can something as ephemeral and elusive as the “sense of place” of Lyons be copied and pasted onto a desert thousands of miles from the original?  Might it be possible that, in a world run by adults raised in virtual copies of real-world places refashioned, essentially, as brands, the wholesale reproduction of city neighborhoods could become commonplace around the world?

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  Playful City USA: Can a new playground initiative inspire safe adventure for kids?

  Matt Stroud | Sat, Dec 15th, 2007 | Category: Commentary | Tags: brendan crain, adventure playgrouds, playful city usa, safe adventure for kids, playgrounds, kaboom, safe kids | 1

  
  Image courtesy of HeartShare.

  More playgrounds = good. Lame playgrounds? Not so much.
  By Brendan Crain

  Last month, a national nonprofit on a mission to put a playground within walking distance of every child in America, launched the Playful City USA program, where cities were recognized for meeting the following criteria:

  1. Creating a local play commission or task force
  2. Designing an annual action plan for play
  3. Conducting a play space audit
  4. Outlining a financial…

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