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Friday Five: May 22nd-28th

On May 28, 2010, in Friday 5, by Yuri Artibise

After a several week hiatus, the Friday Five is back with a sample of the most interesting articles I’ve read this week.

Cars Suck: A look at some reasons why our love affair with the automobile must stop. (Daily Kos)

Could Social Media Revolutionise the Planning System? How social media could open up the planning system through the vast amount of data being generated by social media interactions. (This Big City)

Ten Things I Have Learned: A list of ten important things that graphic designer Milton Glasser, has learned about the world of work. Milton is perhaps best known for the I ‘heart’ NY logo. Originally part of an AIGA talk in London November, 2001. (Milton Glasser)

Livable Cities and Political Choices: Why people need to stop looking at cities as technical problems to solve and how they would live in different type of cities, from car free to suburbia. (Planetizen)

New Urbanism for the Apocalypse: The founder of new urbanism has declared that its time has past. What is going to replace it? (Fast Company)

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Jane Jacobs, Gentrifier?

On January 14, 2010, in urbanism, by Yuri Artibise

From: Jane’s Walk Phoenix Please check it out for more information on Jane Jacobs and for details of Jane’s Walk 2010 taking place on May 1 & 2, 2010.

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I came across this post on Planetizen. It provides an interesting perspective and touched on an issue that I’ve long wrestled with: authenticity, preservation and organic development. From the article: “just what does authenticity mean, and who is really allowed to claim it?”

Jane Jacobs, Gentrifier?
Posted by: Tim Halbur
11 January 2010 – 9:00am

Prof. Sharon Zukin argues that Jacobs had “a gentrifier’s appreciation of urban authenticity” in her new book, Naked City.

Zukin tackles the issue of gentrification and the people who lay claim to the authenticity of neighborhoods, particularly in New York. She finds no easy answers, but does believe in the quest to preserve authenticity.

In the New York Post: “In the end, New York City development revolves around who successfully claims ownership of a neighborhood. Conflict arises when ‘groups representing the opposing visions claim the same space,’ Zukin says, especially in ‘the conflict over authentic representations of neighborhoods like Red Hook, between old working-class homeowners, public housing project tenants, and gentrifiers.’”

Full Story: Nake d City

Source: New York Post, January 10, 2010

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From my other blog, Jane’s Walk Phoenix

Planetizen Unveils Its Top 100 Urban Thinkers (streetsblog.org)
Urban Planning, Health, and Long Walks (andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com)

Tagged with: Gentrification • Jane Jacobs • Naked City • New York City • Planetizen • Red Hook Brooklyn • Sharon Zukin • urban development

Recent Readings: October 24-29

On October 30, 2009, in Uncategorized, by Yuri Artibise

A curation of what’s caught my attention over the past week:

Whole Earth Discipline: from the land back to town: A review of Whole Earth Discipline by Stewart Brand, the author of the 1970′s classic Whole Earth Catalog.¬† In this book Stewart slays several sacred cows of environmentalism, and celebrates the city as the best tool for energy and resource efficiency.

Bad Example (or why we fail to adapt good examples): Attempts to answer the question “Why do so many places seem unable to learn even from their own successes, much less others?”¬† Key quote: “The mark of a great city is in how it treats its ordinary spaces, not its special ones.”

Gary Vaynerchuk Live on Crush It Tour (Video): A link to a video recording of a special Gary Vee’s presentation hosted by Doug Sutton with Keller Williams Realty East Valley. I admit that I was skeptical at first, but seeing him speak in front of two different audiences on Tuesday night made me a believer. Though his message was largely the same, he carefully tailored it to the different audience, keeping it fresh and interesting (if anything I though the second time was better suited to me personally, even with the lack of his trademark¬† ‘colorful language’.)¬† Gary is truly somebody who gets it. Not just business, or social media, or family, or community, but ALL of it.¬† If you follow the link to my friend Jay Thompson’s site and leave a comment on Jay’s original post, you can win a copy off Gary’s bestselling book Crush It!.

What Jane Jacobs Can Teach Us About the Economy: Jane Jacobs is well known for her contribution to urban thought.¬† After all, she recently led Planetizen’s recent Top 100 Urban Thinkers poll.¬†¬† She is less well-known for her insights into economics, although that is quickly changing.¬† Here ‘s an overview of some of Jane’s economic notions and how they resonate during this recession.

Halloween Costumes for Urban Planners: And for a bit of fun to mark the end of October, here are some Halloween costume ideas from Planetizen’s Nate Berg for the incurable urbanist.