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Katrina Johnston-Zimmerman

Katrina Johnston-Zimmerman

On Love and Cities

I love you all, today and always. ❤

6 min readFeb 14, 2022

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On Love and Cities

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Katrina Johnston-Zimmerman

Why we need women-led cities

This post was also featured on New Cities in their Future of Women in Cities series on International Women’s Day, 2018.

6 min readFeb 22, 2018

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Why we need women-led cities

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Katrina Johnston-Zimmerman

2017 in Review: Travel, Teaching, and Taking Risks

This year was tough in more ways than one, but also rewarding both personally and professionally. As my first official year as an…

7 min readDec 28, 2017

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2017 in Review: Travel, Teaching, and Taking Risks

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Katrina Johnston-Zimmerman
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NewCo Shift

Urban Anthropology: User Experience Research for Urban Environments

Urban anthropology may not be top of mind for most people (or most anthropologists for that matter), but I’m here to argue it is the key to…

5 min readNov 28, 2017

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Urban Anthropology: User Experience Research for Urban Environments

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Katrina Johnston-Zimmerman

Five takeaways from Philly Free Streets 2017

This year’s Philly Free Streets was hotly anticipated, as the first truly official city-directed open streets event following last year’s…

10 min readNov 5, 2017

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Five takeaways from Philly Free Streets 2017

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Katrina Johnston-Zimmerman
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NewCo Shift

Open Streets Four Ways

It’s the time of the year again when the sun is out and the streets are alive. From festivals to block parties — and my favorite, open…

11 min readMay 23, 2017

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Open Streets Four Ways

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Katrina Johnston-Zimmerman

Urbanism By Any Other Name

In our ongoing quest for improving cities, we have come up with all manner of tactics for “good” urbanism, some of which even have…

8 min readMar 6, 2017

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Urbanism By Any Other Name

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Katrina Johnston-Zimmerman
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NewCo Shift

The Future is Human: An Urban Anthropologist on Post-Election America

Whether you were forced back into some semblance of a routine after the election or had the ability to hide under the covers with a bottle…

6 min readNov 23, 2016

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The Future is Human: An Urban Anthropologist on Post-Election America

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Katrina Johnston-Zimmerman
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NewCo Shift

It’s Time to Put an End to Bikeway “Band-aids”

We are finally moving in the right direction for bicycle urbanism in the United States.

5 min readSep 6, 2016

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It’s Time to Put an End to Bikeway “Band-aids”

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Katrina Johnston-Zimmerman

An open letter to Google re: livable cities

Today would be Jane Jacob’s 100th birthday, and what better to celebrate the memory of this incredible woman than walking along the very…

4 min readMay 4, 2016

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An open letter to Google re: livable cities

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Katrina Johnston-Zimmerman

Katrina Johnston-Zimmerman

Putting the ❤ back in cities since 1985 🚸 Urban Anthropologist/Artist/Advocate ♀️@bbc100women awardee 2019 💕#heartcenteredcities

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