“Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that’s how we’ve got to live.” –Haruki Murakami I feel lucky to live in Brooklyn Heights. It’s been called New York City’s first suburb. It offers easy access to most parts of Manhattan, thanks to the convergence of several … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2016
Market Urbanism MUsings November 4, 2016
1. This week at Market Urbansim: Collective Action Problems Are Similar For Land Use And Schools by Michael Lewyn...it occurred to me that there are some similarities between American school systems and American land use regulation. In both situations, localism creates gaps between … [Read more...]
Kotkin And The Atlantic- Spreading ‘Localism’ Nonsense Together
The Atlantic Magazine's Citylab web page ran an interview with Joel Kotkin today. Kotkin seems to think we need more of something called "localism", stating: "Growth of state control has become pretty extreme in California, and I think we’re going to see more of that in the country in general, … [Read more...]
The Great Mind And Vision Of Jane Jacobs
Jane Jacobs (May 4, 1916 – April 25, 2006), one of the most important and influential public intellectuals of the twentieth century, died a few days shy of her ninetieth birthday. The intellectual legacy she left for social theorists is as significant as that of anyone else of her generation.She … [Read more...]