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Bharat Ponnaluri

Bharat Ponnaluri is a former software engineer and public space advocate who lives in Washington, DC. He has been running regular board game events since 2021. He started createthirdplaces.org to promote bottom-up public space advocacy.

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Crystal City and the Limits of Master-Planned Urbanism

You can’t plan a community into existence.

Bharat Ponnaluri
Mar 27, 2026
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Crystal City and the Limits of Master-Planned Urbanism

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