Too often we overlook this important part of North America’s urban history.
Category: Urbanism
Posts related to cities and urban areas, their geography, economies, politics, social characteristics, as well as the effects on, and caused by, the built environment.
Friday 5: Articles for Urbanists—Jan 8-14th
This week’s edition focuses on prominent urbanists and their views.
Ray Bradbury’s Killing Machines
From a Paris Review interview with science-fiction legend Ray Bradbury.
A Brief History of Urbanism in North America: Introduction
In this series, I will look at the key places, people, policies and events in the history of North American urbanism.
More Alphabets for Urbanists
For those of you who haven’t gotten enough of the urbanism alphabet yet, here are a few other urban planning related alphabet lists.
Smart Cities: From the Mouths of Mayors [Weekend Watch]
Mayors of some of the biggest cities in the U.S. talk about what makes a city smart, and how cities can become smarter.
Sustainable Housing: Being Green is NOT Enough
A look at some categories that would make a house not just green, but truly sustainable.
ABCs of Urbanism eBook
An eBook compilation of my ABC’s of Urbanism series.
Urbanisms: Working with Doubt
This book touches on one of my frurations with contemporary urban planning (and civic governance in general): the push for precision and efficiency:
Urban Design in 10 Easy Steps
Darryl Chen’s Urban Design DIY offers an irreverent yet astute list of ten easy steps to creating an urban-design plan