Helen Gassmann
@helengassmann
PA / public transit / placemaking / local history
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23-03-2017 13:09:45
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"They were erected a generation later when many of the civil rights laws and civil rights progress that was made in the post-Civil War era was beginning to be reversed" - Judy Giesberg of @vugradhistory setting the record straight for @businessinsider businessinsider.com/confederate-st…
Historians are dunking on the Project 1836 Law signed by Greg Abbott & fairly so. It's pure culture-wars inflaming rhetoric, a response to a virtually non-existent threat of Critical Race Theory. But if we only trash it, we're missing the good news of *opportunity.* A thread/1
All smiles twirling with Temple University Diamond Marching Band at #templehc17. So proud to be part of this Diamond Girl legacy! #tfortempleu #goowlsman Temple University
I'm at The Philadelphia Inquirer talking about Philly's bad sidewalk policies for families, and people with limited mobility philly.com/philly/opinion…
"It's a policy of inequality that the City subsidizes market rate development while turning away families in need" - Beth McConnell on need for #MixedIncomeHousing
Got to hang out at the Divine Lorraine last night to celebrate the release of “Finding the Hidden City” by Temple Univ Press. Thanks for the invite Hidden City Phila!
People come to The Woodlands for events like today’s #GoWestCraftFest all the time... crossing Woodland Ave from the Trolley Portal Design that prioritizes pedestrians would demand a crosswalk Instead, it’s clear that vehicular speed/thruput is more important than #visionzero