#3rdspaces

When I went home to Milwaukee, I volunteered for Nick Robinson’s community engagement event. As a seminar lecturer at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) and the Principal architect and co-founder of Dream Builders, Nick has been influential within the community. This grand charrette involved architecture students and architecture professors from UWM, Alderman Russell Stamper II, and most importantly residents within the Sherman Park community. Taking place in St. Anne’s on 25th and North Avenue, there was a live band and DJ that created a relaxed vibe as residents spoke about what they needed and desired from their community. Some questions include: “What’s one word that describes your neighborhood and what do you do to have fun?” My experience participating in and observing this community event helped me think about positive ways for building trust among one another while talking about tense topics surrounding housing.

From the first place of liquid darkness, within the second place of air and light, I set down the following record with its mixture of fact and truths and memories of truths and its direction toward the Third Place, where the starting point is myth. #janetframe #airport #grid #3rdspaces #travel #wait #passingtime #reflections #startingpoint #34