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By Peter Marcuse The following paper was drafted as the basis for discussion at a series of meetings planned by New York City Planners Network. It reflects the concerns expressed by Planners Network members who have been involved with some of the groups working on post-September 11 issues. Planners Network will explore and debate these […]
Selected Feature Urban Life Will Change By Peter Marcuse Planning to Rebuild By Tom Angotti Seventh Generation By : Saskia Sassen, Ariel Dorfman, Noam Chomsky, Eyad el Sarraj, Yale Rabin, Dick Platkin, Michael Moore, Eduardo Galeano Towards a New Community Development Paradigm By Jonathan M. Feldman & Jessica G. Nembhard
By Jonathan Michael Feldman and Jessica Gordon Nembhard This special section is devoted to an analysis and discussion of democratic economic development as the foundation for a new way to organize communities. We hope to provide planners with inspiration, new ideas, concrete information, and tangible models and strategies. We want to expose planners to the […]
The September 11 attacks on New York City and Washington brought horror and death and there is no moral or political justification for them. We are concerned that the cries for war arising in the U.S. will lead to more atrocities, the suppression of civil rights, legitimation of racial profiling, and militarization of everyday life. […]
By Tom Angotti The attacks on the World Trade Center brought horror, fear, death and anger to many New Yorkers. In the weeks after the attacks, government at all levels and many brave volunteers took care of the urgent tasks of relief and the search for victims. As things begin to get back to something […]
By Peter Marcuse We are all of course trying to come to grips with what the events of September 11 mean, and will mean. It has been a terrible disaster, and the immediate loss of life is incredible. But I think it will have a major long-term impact on life here, morally, economically, politically, on […]
Selected Feature PN 2001 in Rochester: Voices of Change By Ken Reardon Rochester: The Path Less Traveled By William A. Johnson, Jr. Changing the Culture of Planning By Norman Krumholz
By Ken Reardon Nearly four hundred neighborhood leaders, professional planners, planning students and planning academics participated in this year’s national conference, which was held at the University of Rochester in New York on June 21-24. Nine local colleges and universities and the City of Rochester joined Planners Network in hosting the conference. The primary focus […]
By Mayor William A. Johnson, Jr. Why did Rochester take the path less traveled when we decided to create a partnership with citizens to chart our future? Lewis Mumford put it as well as anyone when he said that “the best economy of cities is the care and culture of human beings.” Rochester – like […]
by Norman Krumholz I want to report on my impressions of planning after years of close association with the American Planning Association (APA) and American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP), and much conversation with planning practitioners around the U.S. I have come to believe there is a new culture evolving in planning. The New Planning Culture […]
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