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LAM / LAND MATTERS • Before the conversation about Black lives that begins on page 62, the magazine asked the seven panelists to make a list of words that represent their thoughts during the tandem crises of the coronavirus pandemic and brutality against Black people by police and in public. These are the words they offered.

TEACHING ONLINE: UPS AND DOWNS

FOREGROUND

PROVIDING PLAY IN A PANDEMIC • WITH PLAYGROUNDS OFF LIMITS, PHILADELPHIA’S STUDIO LUDO GETS CREATIVE FOR LOW-INCOME FAMILIES.

DEPAVE THE WAY • A DELICATE REDESIGN OF A PUBLIC SPACE IN NORTH CAROLINA PUTS EMPHASIS ON REPAIR.

THE WAR ON PROTEST • A GROWING NUMBER OF STATES ARE CRIMINALIZING ANY ACTIONS AGAINST NEW FOSSIL FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE.

BIRD WATCHING • A DECLINE IN INDIA’S BIRD POPULATION MIRRORS GLOBAL TRENDS.

PET SMARTER • AN INNOVATIVE ANIMAL SHELTER INTRODUCES PEOPLE TO THEIR FUTURE COMPANIONS IN AN OUTDOOR SETTING.

RAISE SOME GREEN • BUFFALO PLANS THE COUNTRY’S BIGGEST ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT BOND TO FUND GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE.

COUNT THEM IN • THE LONG-NEGLECTED VISITACION VALLEY SECTION OF SAN FRANCISCO AIMS TO RECONNECT TO THE CITY’S GREEN SPACES.

SCREEN SAVERS • VERTICAL ELEMENTS THAT PROVIDE STYLE AND PRIVACY.

THE TWIN PANDEMICS • BLACK PEOPLE AND BLACK COMMUNITIES BEAR THE OUTSIZED IMPACTS OF PUBLIC VIOLENCE AND, NOW, THE DEADLY CORONAVIRUS. SIX BLACK LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS AND AN ARCHITECT PARSE THE SPATIAL FACTORS THAT UNDERLIE EACH CRISIS—OFTEN BOTH CRISES—AND THE KINDS OF ACTIONS AND REFORMS THEY HOPE TO SEE.

M. AUSTIN ALLEN III, ASLA

DOUGLAS A. WILLIAMS, ASLA

DIANE JONES ALLEN, FASLA

ELIZABETH KENNEDY, ASLA

JUNE GRANT, ARCHITECT

CHARLES CROSS, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT

JESCELLE R. MAJOR, ASLA

A SUBTROPICAL SECOND TAKE • RAYMOND JUNGLES RENEWS DAN KILEY’S LANDMARK FORD FOUNDATION ATRIUM GARDEN.

THE BACK

FINDING MYANMAR • OFF-SCRIPT ON MOTORBIKE IN A SOUTHEAST ASIAN POLICE STATE.

BETWEEN FARM AND TABLE • MOVABLE MARKETS: FOOD WHOLESALING IN THE 20TH-CENTURY CITY

BOOKS OF INTEREST

THE INSIDER’S ADVANTAGE • Four Paths for Suppliers to Connect with Landscape Architecture Professionals.

DESIGNS FOR APARTNESS • A NEW GUIDE INTERPRETS THE SPATIAL IMPLICATIONS OF VIROLOGY STUDIES.