This week’s round up of news and views for urbanists.
Tag: urbanists
Friday 5: Articles for Urbanist [April 16-22nd]
My weekly wrap up of news and views on various aspects of urbanism.
Jane Jacobs: The Little Woman That Could
An exploration of urbanist Jane Jacobs and her criticism of orthodox city planning based on her book, The Death and Life of American Cities”.
Jaime Lerner: Why Smart Cities are like Turtles
Legendary architect and urban planner Jaime Lerner describes his vision for the “smart cities” of the future.
I ❤ Phoenix, Volume II
In commemoration of my 4th anniversary in the city, as well as St. Valentine, here is my second annual “I ❤ Phoenix” list.
Articles for Urbanists (Feb 4th-11th)
Selected readings for urbanists.
Urbanist Anthem: The Pretenders’ “My City was Gone”
The Pretender’s 1982 classic, “My City Was Gone” is about the closest thing to an urbanist anthem we have.
Friday 5: Articles for Urbanists—Jan 8-14th
This week’s edition focuses on prominent urbanists and their views.
More Alphabets for Urbanists
For those of you who haven’t gotten enough of the urbanism alphabet yet, here are a few other urban planning related alphabet lists.
Friday Five: Articles for Urbanists (Dec. 11th-17th)
My weekly reading list for urbanists, urbanites and city dwellers.