Annette Koh

Public space, the right to the city, and civic engagement. How can we improve equity and access through participatory urbanism? Ph.D. student in Urban & Regional Planning at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Former resident of Seoul & San Francisco.
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The ideological underpinnings of urban green space are now buried under decades of use. But their origins are very much from the social engineering and sanitary city school of the urban planning project. I find the overtones of “civilize the poor” various shades of internal imperialism, but what if we actually reinstituted some of the Progressive Era park innovations - like showers and libraries? The South Park System (later consolidated into the Chicago Park District) was a product of the Progressive Reform Era. In response to deplorable living conditions in the industrial inner city, parks advocates, philanthropists and politicians formed regional commissions to identify, fund and design neighborhood parks. The emphasis was on providing opportunities for recreation and improving the quality of life of neighborhood residents and often included fieldhouses where low-cost meals, free medical care, showers and libraries were available Top image via a post on Peter D. Smith’s (now defunct?) tumblr, Frederick Law Olmsted and the Campaign for Public Health.

The ideological underpinnings of urban green space are now buried under decades of use. But their origins are very much from the social engineering and sanitary city school of the urban planning project. I find the overtones of “civilize the poor” various shades of internal imperialism, but what if we actually reinstituted some of the Progressive Era park innovations - like showers and libraries?

The South Park System (later consolidated into the Chicago Park District) was a product of the Progressive Reform Era. In response to deplorable living conditions in the industrial inner city, parks advocates, philanthropists and politicians formed regional commissions to identify, fund and design neighborhood parks. The emphasis was on providing opportunities for recreation and improving the quality of life of neighborhood residents and often included fieldhouses where low-cost meals, free medical care, showers and libraries were available

Top image via a post on Peter D. Smith’s (now defunct?) tumblr, Frederick Law Olmsted and the Campaign for Public Health.

(via theageofthecity-deactivated2012)

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In honor of hot grills and summer holidays, here’s a photo of summertime in Chicago circa 25 years ago. Did you also forget how short boy’s/men’s shorts used to be? Look at all them knobby knees! motherjones: chicagohistorymuseum: A group of children stands in line outside of Pop’s Place hot dog stand, c. 1987. Photograph by Patty Carroll. Want a copy of this photo?  > Visit our Rights and Reproductions Department and give them this number: ICHi-39263 Why  isn’t every museum/public archive on Tumblr?

In honor of hot grills and summer holidays, here’s a photo of summertime in Chicago circa 25 years ago. Did you also forget how short boy’s/men’s shorts used to be? Look at all them knobby knees!

motherjones:

chicagohistorymuseum:

A group of children stands in line outside of Pop’s Place hot dog stand, c. 1987. Photograph by Patty Carroll.

Want a copy of this photo?  
> Visit our Rights and Reproductions Department and give them this number: ICHi-39263

Why  isn’t every museum/public archive on Tumblr?

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