blind

Isaac Kremer/ September 16, 2018/ / 0 comments

As blank. Anything engaged or attached to a wall, with no openings or glazing, used decoratively, such as an arcade or tracery, is described as blind, as in a blind arcade or blind tracery. A blind story is a wall façade at the top of a building, essentially a raised parapet, without rooms behind it, and unroofed, employed for architectural effect to conceal, e.g., a roof. It also can refer to a tribune in a church. Photo from New York City, New York, 2018. 2. Device for partially or wholly preventing light from passing through an opening, such as a piece of flexible material attached at the top to a roller on which it is unwound or wound, or a screen with fixed or moveable slats (Venetian blind). (Curl & Wilson, 2016)

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Isaac is a respected national downtown revitalization leader, speaker, and author. Districts Isaac managed have achieved $850 million of investment, over 1,645 jobs created, and were 2X Great American Main Street Award Semifinalists and a 1X GAMSA winner in 2023. His work has been featured in Newsday, NJBIZ, ROI-NJ, TapInto, and USA Today. Isaac is a Main Street America Revitalization Professional (MSARP), with additional certifications from the National Parks Service, Project for Public Spaces, Grow America (formerly the National Development Council), and the Strategic Doing Institute. He currently serves as Executive Director for Experience Princeton in Princeton, New Jersey.

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