It was Robert Moses plans for a Lower Manhattan Expressway in 1962 that Jane Jacobs perhaps was most famous for opposing.
Tag: neighborhood
Friday Five: my favorite reads from the past week
Lots of great material to choose from this week. Here are five of the best:
Welcome to My Neighborhood
This past winter I became president of the Grandview Neighborhood Association that represents about 1,200 residents in our diverse central Phoenix neighborhood
Suicide Lanes Kill Communities
This is the text of a letter to the editor I wrote in June 2008.
Saturday 6: a special edition of what I've been reading this week
So to make up for being a day late, I’ll include a bonus article this week. So here is the ‘Saturday 6’; a selection of articles I found interesting over the past week.
Downtown Phoenix: Don't Hate the Haters
As an incurable urbanist, I am excited by what’s going on in downtown Phoenix. However, I am not blind to the fact that it is a work in progress.
It's Christmas for Creatives: TEDxPhoenix is Tonight!
Ever since I heard about the TEDx concept, I have dreamed that it would come to Phoenix. Well my dreams are answered. TEDxPhoenix is happening TONIGHT!
DPJ Article-Growing a Community in Central Phoenix: Abraham James
What started as a way to reconnect with his past, has led Abraham James to connect with his central Phoenix community in ways he never imagined.
DPJ Article: It All Adds Up: Christoph Kaiser and His Garfield Neighborhood
Christoph Kaiser is helping to rebuilding Garfield one house at a time. Once an epicenter of gang activity and urban blight in Downtown Phoenix, Kaiser‚Äôs houses are now at the heart of Garfield’s resurgence, and among the coolest in Downtown Phoenix.
DPJ Article: New Ideas and Old Buildings: Grand Avenue Adaptive Reuse Tour
On Saturday, September 26, a handful of adaptive reuse projects will be highlighted during the Grand Avenue Festival.