By Dick Platkin One of the most vexing problems facing progressive planners in the United States is the enduring poverty of America’s inner cities, made worse in recent years by the loss of jobs through technological change, downsizing, and capital […]
January/February 1998
Columns The Seventh Generation: Street Life and a Connection to the Land by Tom Angotti Feature Planners Can Plan to Plant by Ellen Kirby Commentary Two Corners of the Same Tent: A Response to Tom Angotti by Timothy Ross Review […]
Two Corners of the Same Tent, A Response to Tom Angotti
by Timothy Ross It is possible to support public housing as part of a broader progressive strategy — two corners of the same tent. However, Tom Angotti makes at least three mistakes in his response to my article. He suggests […]
PLANNERS CAN PLAN TO PLANT Community Gardens Fill Green Gaps in New York City
by Ellen Kirby New York City has the largest urban parks system in the United States. Covering some 26,000 acres, these parks serve a constituency of almost 9 million people, and provide park space equivalent to an eleven-foot-square plot for […]
The Seventh Generation Street Life and a Connection to the Land
by Tom Angotti HANOI, VIETNAM — If you love livable cities, hurry up to Hanoi. This city missed generations of “urban renewal” and, like Havana, lives in its history. I say hurry up because megaprojects from the global marketplace — […]