Over the past few years, "placemaking" has become a buzz word in unrbanist circles. The term seems to have supplanted "community building" and "neighborhood enhancement," terms with somewhat similar definitions, as the key to (re)vitalizing and unifying neighborhoods.

Those little square crackers that leave a slight orange residue on your fingers. Cheez-its? Their salty, cheesy flavor is what propels me on my journey along memory lane to Fanelli's. Not the smell of Scotch or the loud hubub of laborers and artists rubbing shoulders as they bet on fights or watch a Yankee game.