Placemaking is “creating a sense of place and a place of sense”
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: My favorite articles from the past week
An annotated list of five of the best articles and blog posts I’ve read over the past week.
‘Schelling’ the City
The other day I asked a simple question on Twitter and Facebook…
What I’ve been up to
What I’ve been up to over the past seven weeks.
Jane Jacobs, Gentrifier?
Prof. Sharon Zukin argues that Jacobs had “a gentrifier’s appreciation of urban authenticity” in her new book, Naked City.
GOOD.is on Jane Jacobs—’Reading a City’
Jane Jacobs wrote about the “ballet” of the street when describing the rhythm of her Greenwich Village neighborhood, which she viewed as a choreographed exchange between resident and sidewalk, and shopkeeper and stoop.
The Evolution of the Gold Spot
Gold Spot in downtown Phoenix incorporates many urbanist principles, such as adaptive reuse, street presence, mixed use and density.
Friday 5: What I've been reading over the past week
A selection of the best articles I’ve read over the past seven days.
Urban Breakfast – December 12
As part of my continuing quest to ‘activate’ downtown Phoenix, I want to invite you to my next THERE-apy event: The Urban Breakfast.
Five Facts About the Most Important Woman You Don’t Know
Some facts about legendary urbanist, thinker, writer, and activist Jane Jacobs