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Tony Crispin

Tony Crispin is a civic booster and recent graduate of urban and regional planning. Working around the U.S. heartland, his main interests are bottom-up civic system structures, urban morphogenesis, and bike rides.

Articles by Tony Crispin

A “New” Normal: Top-Down or Bottom-Up Redevelopment in Uptown?

This town's future is taking shape—but only if residents rethink how it gets built.

Noah Tang
Tony Crispin
Apr 30, 2026
Local Conversations
A “New” Normal: Top-Down or Bottom-Up Redevelopment in Uptown?

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