Veritas et Venustas"Renewing Tradition for the 21st Century." Keywords: architecture, urbanism, classical architecture, traditional urbanism, New Urbanism, Classical Liberalism, ProgressivismAn Urbanist's Guide to Philadelphia- May 14, 2007 The fifteenth Congress for the New Urbanism meets in Philadelphia this week. One of the subscriber's to the Urbanists list asked for some hits on walking tours. Here's my stream-of-consciousness response. Philadelphia has a grid organized around the cardo and decomanus of Broad (north south) and Market (east ...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2007/05/an_urbanists_gu.html Jane Jacobs speaks, again: “There is a lot of unjustified sneering at the New Urbanism”- May 11, 2007 SO MUCH for Sorkin. The quote comes from a letter written to my friend and colleague Laura Hall (see below).http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2007/05/one_last_one_ja.html Jane Jacobs Speaks...- May 9, 2007 and Michael Sorkin eats crow (or should, after he reads this Jane Jacobs interview in Urban Design International): You really have to learn from successes - you have to learn from things which are working well. In anything, thats what you should be doing. And ideologies are getting away from...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2007/05/jane_jacobs_spe.html What Would Jane Jacobs Do, Two- May 9, 2007 GIZLER's comment made me look at an old post, Architects Say The Darndest Things, about a plan for the West Side railyards that Jane supposedly would have liked. She made it clear that she didn't. BUT OMG, now a post at Curbed makes it look like the City may have...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2007/05/what_would_jane.html WWJJD (What Would Jane Jacobs Do)- May 9, 2007 UPDATE: The three posts following this were all on the same theme, What would Jane Jacobs do They include a letter Jacobs wrote to a friend and colleague, in which Jacobs wrote, There is a lot of unjustified sneering at the New Urbanism. Michael Sorkin said (as reported by Norman...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2007/05/wwjjd_what_woul.html NYC Congestion Pricing- May 5, 2007 from the Environmental Defense Fund PlanNYC 2030http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2007/05/new_york_city_c.html |