By Pierre Clavel Since at least the 1980s, progressive planners, activists, and neighborhood residents have understood that property development – often very big projects – could hurt ordinary families and the neighborhood organizations that serve them. Activists and neighborhood residents defeated urban renewal, stopped massive highway projects and downtown development … [Read more...] about BOOK REVIEW OF FROM BOOM TO BUBBLE: HOW FINANCE BUILT THE NEW CHICAGO
“GOOD PLANNING” IS BAD PLANNING, AND “PROGRESSIVE” IS NOT ENOUGH: A RESPONSE TO PETER MARCUSE
By Samuel Stein In his inaugural article on this website, “What’s the Matter with ‘Good’ Planning?”, Peter Marcuse has once again provided readers with both a potent critique of contemporary planning practice and a set of thoughtful guidelines for a better urban future. He rightfully skewers mainstream urban planners for accepting “the process of urbanization as it now … [Read more...] about “GOOD PLANNING” IS BAD PLANNING, AND “PROGRESSIVE” IS NOT ENOUGH: A RESPONSE TO PETER MARCUSE
WHAT’S THE MATTER WITH “GOOD” PLANNING?
By Peter Marcuse I. Good Planning in the Mainstream Planning, urban design, and development are in the public mind today. The increasing public interest in city development has grown out of exposure to architectural and design ventures, interest in historical preservation, studies of city growth and shrinkage, and new concepts around the relationship between physical … [Read more...] about WHAT’S THE MATTER WITH “GOOD” PLANNING?
SKIN THE CITY
By Paula Z. Segal I won’t call it graffiti, this practice of making memory by inscribing place onto itself. In January 2013, the organization I run, 596 Acres, became one of the first “stewdio tenants" at the then-newly-reopened Silent Barn on Bushwick, Brooklyn. We took over a portion of an abandoned garage, built a platform to raise our carpet and desk legs away from … [Read more...] about SKIN THE CITY
IS THERE A PLACE IN THE PROGRESSIVE CITY FOR THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY?
By Petra L. Doan Planners seeking to create progressive cities must recognize that the increasingly visible lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) community has deep roots in the most major cities, but also is a group that continues to suffer from an epidemic of intolerance. Although the Supreme Court ruling on same sex marriage granted LGBTQ partners who … [Read more...] about IS THERE A PLACE IN THE PROGRESSIVE CITY FOR THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY?