Temporary urbanism shows how—with a lot of ingenuity and a little investment—cities could transform urban voids into urban oases.
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Friday 5: Articles for Urbanists
Five articles for fans of city living.
Sustainable Urbanism: Creating Resilient Cities
Sustainable urbanism combines the enhancement of multi-modal places, nurturing diverse economies, and building high-performance infrastructure.
Friday 5: Urban Reading Round-up
Selected readings for urbanists.
Paid Urbanism: Public Policy for Private Profits
The impact of money cannot be ignored when studying our urban condition.
Americans Don’t Walk Much
Good thing walking isn’t an Olympic sport, because Americans aren’t very good at it.
The Right to the City
“The right to the city is not merely a right of access to what already exists, but a right to change it after our heart’s desire.”
The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces: The Street Corner
A clip of William H. Whyte’s The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces that looks at why some open spaces of cities work for people and others don’t.
Friday Five: A reading List for Incurable Urbanists
If you read these, you’ll begin seeing the city through my eyes.
Is it time to move beyond Jane Jacobs?
We used to say we plan at the scale of Robert Moses, but we judge ourselves by the standard of Jane Jacobs. That’s not really true anymore.