tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7858008442965992560.post794387798893049203..comments2019-10-24T09:35:28.239-07:00Comments on The Profit: Defining Sustainability: Rebuilding New Orleans' 9th WardJason Shomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00373673751267653137noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7858008442965992560.post-55650498981063400132008-11-13T14:31:00.000-08:002008-11-13T14:31:00.000-08:00Jason,I really enjoyed reading this post. You chos...Jason,<BR/><BR/>I really enjoyed reading this post. You chose a very important and pertinent issue to write about, and I found myself both impressed and fascinated by the lengths that the Make it Right Foundation is going to in order to rebuild New Orleans’ 9th ward. While exploring your post, I noticed immediately that your images were well chosen and beneficial to the overall context. I liked that you decided to use one image to display the entire area from far back, and then contextualized it by portraying one the new units on the left. Moreover, you consulted a great deal of sources, rather than simply repeating a story from a single article, and your historical reference in the first paragraph showed that you took the time to examine different angles of the situation. I found that although you went into great detail concerning the different aspects of the project, your writing style had a nice flow, and allowed me to read through the post with ease, while still grasping the details. Most importantly, you did a fine job of taking a significant story and analyzing it beyond the obvious benefits of the project. In other words, I liked that you raised the question of who will receive the new houses, demonstrating that there are issues to keep in mind. Finally, I felt that you nicely qualified the post with your last few sentences, managing to end the entry with an open-ended comment, an important message that just because new homes are built does not mean the problem is solved.<BR/><BR/>I found few flaws in this post overall, so I will mention a few things that confused me. In your second paragraph, I was unsure what you meant by pedestrian infrastructure. Was that referring to the permeable concrete you mentioned in the next sentence, or something else that you did not explain in detail? Also, I was wondering if you found anything that suggested a plan for how to decide who gets which homes? Clearly that seems to be the major issue, if any, for this project. Similarly, you mentioned that the plan was to vary the homes while still keeping them affordable. Again, I was just curious as to whether or not you found any numbers on this. In any case, this post was very well written and I enjoyed reading it. Good luck the rest of the way.Josh Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18242491970894171350noreply@blogger.com