The Jane Jacobs Urban Communication Book Award recognizes an outstanding book that exhibits excellence in addressing issues of urban communication.
Tag: Books
10 Books Every Urbanist Must Read
For those looking to expand the urban insights, here are ten important books in my urbanist canon.
How I stack up on the ‘BBC’ Reading List
There is a meme (re)circulating around Facebook recently. It asks readers to look at a list of 100 books compiled by the BBC.
Stephen Goldsmith, Editor of What We See, in Gothamist
On Tuesday, I posted a review of the book What We See: Advancing the Observations of Jane Jacobs. As I mentioned in the review, one of the books editors was Stephen Goldsmith. At the time of the book’s publication, Stephen wrote a post for Gothamist on the life and legacy of Jane Jacobs. Here is what…
To Read: The Battle For Gotham
An excerpt from “The Battle for Gotham: New York in the Shadow of Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs” by urban critic and journalist Roberta Brandes Gratz