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Jane Jacobs And High-Rises

May 27, 2016 By Michael Lewyn

Since new urbanists (in my experience) tend to be very skittish of high-rise development, one might think that their ideological ancestor Jane Jacobs was one of these people who thought no building should be over five floors.But in her 1958 essay "Downtown Is For People," she hinted at a very … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Jane Jacobs, planning Tagged With: high-rises, Jane Jacobs, segregation

Urban Renewal in Philadelphia

June 11, 2015 By Emily Hamilton

The Philadelphia Housing Authority will seize  nearly 1,300 properties for a major urban renewal project in the city's Sharswood neighborhood. The plan includes the demolition of two of the neighborhood's three high-rise public housing buildings -- the Blumberg towers -- that will be replaced with a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: history, housing, Jane Jacobs, planning

What is wrong with “How to Make an Attractive City”

May 12, 2015 By Anthony Ling

“How to Make an Attractive City”, a video by The School of Life, recently gained attention in social media. Well presented and pretty much aligned with today’s mainstream urbanism, the video earned plenty of shares and few critiques. This is probably the first critique you may read.The video is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Jane Jacobs, Places & Spaces, planning, Policy, preservation, Urban[ism] Legends Tagged With: alain bertaud, architecture, paul romer, school of life

Planned Manufacturing Districts: Planning the Life Out of Districts

November 6, 2014 By Adam Hengels

They are called different things in different cities, but they are similar in form and intent among the cities where they are found.  For simplicity's sake, a Planned Manufacturing District (PMD), as they are called in Chicago, is an area of land, defined by zoning, that prohibits residential … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economics, history, Jane Jacobs, planning, Policy, Urban[ism] Legends, zoning Tagged With: Chicago, Fulton Market, Goose Island, manufacturing, manufacturing jobs, planned manufacturing districts, PMD, zoning

Historic preservation: Bad for neighborhood diversity

September 4, 2014 By Emily Hamilton

Even while the likelihood of tax reform in 2015 is questionable, historic preservationists are actively lobbying to save the historic preservation tax credit from the chopping block. Currently, developers who renovate historic buildings can receive up to a 20% tax credit, significantly reducing the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Jane Jacobs, preservation

Join us in Brooklyn for Jane’s Walk 2014

May 1, 2014 By Adam Hengels

In addition to Sandy's traditional walks in Brooklyn Heights, I will be hosting a walk through Downtown Brooklyn preceding Sandy's Sunday walk.Here's a link to my walk, although they mistakenly listed it for Saturday morning instead of Sunday morning.  Hopefully, they can fix this, because I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Announcements, Jane Jacobs Tagged With: Author: Sandy Ikeda, Brooklyn Heights, broooklyn, Downtown Brooklyn, Janes Walk

Spring Fever Links

March 20, 2012 By Emily Hamilton

1) Nate Berg at The Atlantic Cities covers new research on the world's earliest cities. The findings would make Jane Jacobs happy as researchers have uncovered evidence that the earliest urbanization was a case of spontaneous order. Their construction wasn't directed by kings as some historians … [Read more...]

Filed Under: housing, Jane Jacobs, parking

TGIF Links

November 18, 2011 By Emily Hamilton

1. A reader from Vancouver wrote in to let Stephen and me know about a proposed policy to tax foreign investors at a higher rate than local property owners. Support for this policy is growing among residents, and with a mayoral election this Saturday, some are hoping to get candidates to endorse the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: infrastructure, Jane Jacobs, Uncategorized, zoning

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