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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

Meetup before Sandy’s Jane’s Walk this Sunday

May 5, 2011 By Adam Hengels

From the comments and emails I've gotten, there will be a pretty decent turnout of Market Urbanists at Sandy Ikeda's Jane's Walk on Sunday, "Eye's on Brooklyn Heights." Here are the details from the site; Date: Sunday May 8, 2011 Time: 1:00pm-2:30pm Meeting Place: The tour will meet at the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Jane Jacobs Tagged With: Author: Sandy Ikeda, brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights, Jane Jacobs

More Libertarians on Jane Jacobs

April 23, 2011 By Adam Hengels

The Ludwig von Mises Institute publishes a podcast performed by Jeff Riggenbach called "The Libertarian Tradition", which discusses significant figures in the libertarian movement.  The most recent edition is dedicated to Jane Jacobs, who's ideas are highly regarded by many libertarians, despite the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Author: Sandy Ikeda, Economics, history, Jane Jacobs Tagged With: Author: Sandy Ikeda, Brooklyn Heights, Jane Jacobs, Jeff Riggenbach, Ludwig Von Mises, Thomas Schmidt

Video: Sandy Ikeda on The Unintended Consequences of “Smart Growth”

December 13, 2009 By Adam Hengels

I came across this video interview of economist Sandy Ikeda by the Mackinac Center. Sandy currently blogs at thinkmarkets and has contributed guest posts to Market Urbanism. I thought Sandy did a great job discussing many of the topics we cover in this site. Sandy is particularly insightful when … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economics, planning, video, zoning Tagged With: Author: Sandy Ikeda, automobile, highways, Intervention, planning, smart growth

The Nature of the Living City

April 7, 2009 By Adam Hengels

Sandy Ikeda posted an abstract for a short essay he is contributing to a Festschrift honoring Jane Jacobs.  He quite eloquently describes the nature of the living city: A city is not a man-made thing.  Rather, it emerges from the actions of its inhabitants, who interact in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economics, Jane Jacobs Tagged With: Author: Sandy Ikeda, emergence, Jane Jacobs

What Would Moses Do? (Robert Moses, that is…)

March 23, 2009 By Adam Hengels

(Map of Robert Moses' unbuilt proposals via “vanshnookenraggen.”) Sandy Ikeda blogs: If Moses were around today I don’t think he’d waste any time getting every major project he could think of “shovel ready” for hundreds of billions of stimulus money. While he’s no longer with us, I do fear … [Read more...]

Filed Under: corruption, history, infrastructure Tagged With: Author: Sandy Ikeda, infrastructure, nyc, robert moses, stimulus

Sandy Ikeda Guest-Blogging at Market Urbanism

October 20, 2008 By Adam Hengels

When the New York Sun decided to shut down its press, the biggest loss to the blogosphere was Sanford Ikeda's Culture of Congestion blog. At the Sun, Sandy blogged about cities, economics, politics, and related subjects.Sandford Ikeda is an Associate Professor of Economics at SUNY Purchase. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Author: Sandy Ikeda Tagged With: Author: Sandy Ikeda, nyc

Sun Sets on Culture of Congestion

October 5, 2008 By Adam Hengels

The New York Sun has decided to close up shop. To Market Urbanists, the greatest casualties are Sandy Ikeda's blog, Culture of Congestion and Ed Glaeser's articles. Sandy's work has inspired me to read Jane Jacobs' books (starting with The Death and Life of Great American Cities), and I plan to post … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economics, Jane Jacobs Tagged With: Author: Sandy Ikeda, culture of congestion, Ed Glaeser, ny sun, nyc

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