PARK(ing) Day is returning to downtown Phoenix on Friday, September 17th when we’ll transform curbside parking spots into temporary public parks.
Tag: cities
Friday 5: Urban miscellany from Sept 4th-10th
This week’s installment of urban miscellany.
Adaptive Urbanism: A Process of Perpetual Engagement
Adaptive urbanism looks at urban design as a process of perpetual engagement and reiteration.
Public Policy for Private Profits
If more residents don’t get involved, ‘private’ policy will continue to shape our city.
Friday 5: August 21st -27th
What I’ve been reading this week.
The Magic is in the Mix: Rethinking Mixed-Use Urbanism
We need to start creating neighborhoods that build authentic places that are intimately related, interconnected and interdependent.
Saturday 6: August 14-21st
Here is the ‘Saturday 6’; a selection of articles I found interesting over the past week.
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…
Book Review—What We See: Advancing the Observations of Jane Jacobs
In What We See, 30 essayists try to make sense of their own cities or situations in light of what Jane Jacobs’ observed.
The soul of the city resides in each of its residents
Sir Partrick Geddes once observed that “a city is more than a place in space, it is a drama in time.”