Golden Scam: Fantasy and Reality in the Olympics

By Christopher A. Shaw The artificial frenzy of the Athens Summer Olympics are now safely behind us and the media have returned to covering real news. Those locked to their TVs for the seventeen days of saturation advertising during the…

Categories: Fall 2004

New York City’s Olympic Bid—Why?

By Peter Marcuse Cities have pursued hosting the Olympic Games out of a variety of motivations, often more than one. Absent from these motivations in recent years has been the original purpose of the Games: to promote peace through the…

Categories: Fall 2004

Summer 2004 Conference

Building Bridges Eve Baron Sharing Indigenous Planning Ted Jojola Pioneers of Advocacy Planning Columbia’s Manhattanville Expansion Mindy Thompson Fullilove, Lourdes Hernandez-Cordero & Robert E.Fullilove Book Review: Root Shock Review Cynthia Golembeski From Disinvestment (Abandonment) to Reinvestment (Gentrification)  Ann Meyerson &…

How Planners Can Change Public Policy through Social Action

By Ayse Yonder Three long-time activist planners, during one of the main plenary sessions at the Planners Network 2004 Conference, talked about breaking down walls by building bridges at local, national and international levels. Jackie Leavitt, professor of urban planning…

Categories: Summer 2004

Pioneers of Advocacy Planning

The Planners Network 2004 Conference recognized the important role played by five people who for four decades have made outstanding contributions to progressive planning. They began their careers as advocate planners in the spirit of Paul Davidoff, who first made…

Categories: Summer 2004

Food System Planning: Setting the Community’s Table

By Mark Winne   Food system planning is a relatively new concept that grows out of American society’s increasing concern for what it eats, where and how its food is produced and the inequities that exist in the distribution of…

Categories: Winter 2004