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Originally Posted by wardlow
Progressive Urbanists, c.1995-2018: Portage Place is a textbook example of the dangers of developer-driven downtown planning and megaproject worship; it's an insular building that destroyed what diversity and commercial health was left on Portage Avenue and closed off the Central Park neighbourhood from the rest of downtown.
Progressive Urbanists, 2019: Portage Place is the greatest public space in the city and should be preserved just the way it is.
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What's a "Progressive urbanist"? Aren't all urbanists, just plain urbanists, there are no distinct characteristics between the?
Does this mean "progressive" in a political sense, like Democrat, Socialist, Communist (Commons)?
I'm lost here.
Medium.com - Andrew Dobbs - Urbanism is not Socialism or Progressive