Tag: Recreation

Where Do You Summer? How the Urban Elite Forged Connections While Escaping the City

.Reading time 27 minutes.

This piece is an entry in our Eighth Annual Graduate Student Blogging Contest, “Connections.” by Matthew Adair For many Americans, summer is a season of travel. The ritual of leaving home for somewhere more relaxing (or invigorating) has a long history. Since at least antiquity, “escaping the city” has been a common tradition among the […]

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Boxing & Urban Decline: Community Development & Urban Revitalization in Early 20th-Century Winnipeg

.Reading time 24 minutes.

This piece is an entry in our Eighth Annual Graduate Student Blogging Contest, “Connections.” by Matthew McKeown Third places are spaces people go to get away from work and home life. These spaces are vital for connecting community members and essential for urban renewal. Recently, there have been arguments about the decline of third places.[1] […]

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Recreation and Reclamation of the “Richest Hill on Earth” 

.Reading time 23 minutes.

Editor’s note: This is the eight and final post in our theme for January 2022, Urban Environmentalism. Additional entries can be seen at the end of this article. By Gwendolyn Lockman Butte, Montana, is currently known for its biggest eyesore and toxic waste site: the Berkeley Pit. It is part of one of the largest […]

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