Isaac Robb

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Isaac Robb is vice president of planning and urban projects at Western Reserve Land Conservancy, Ohio’s largest land trust. Isaac works on various revitalization projects in Cleveland, including repurposing vacant land, community forestry, and land use planning.

https://wrlandconservancy.org

An orange and brown playground apparatus including a slide, monkey bars, and a treehouse, sits on a bed of wood chips in a grassy park on a sunny day. Four children of varying skin tones play on the equipment. Beyond the park area a man in uniform watches the playground and behind him is a clapboard house.

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Rebuilding After Trauma: Public Spaces in Cleveland

October 18, 2023 | Isaac Robb and David Wilson

Traumatic events, and the ongoing traumas of vacancy and disinvestment, can be strongly associated with the places where they occurred. In Cleveland, several organizations are bringing new function and meaning to traumatized spaces.