By Marie Kennedy My practice as a teacher and practitioner of what I term transformative community planning owes a great deal to Mel King, Paolo Freire, and Myles Horton. Of these three, Mel is the most important since I was privileged to work directly with him and in coalitions which he led, to enjoy long conversations with him about what we called “Planners Without a … [Read more...] about Mel King, my friend, my teacher, my collaborator
VIDEO: How landlords work together to keep rents high
Josh is a practicing urban planner in the Mid Atlantic. For the past nine years, Josh has served as a land use and transportation planner with a career focus in public engagement. Since the onset of the pandemic, Josh has taken on an equity planning role and serves as a subject expert for equity on transportation projects. In his free time, he researches, writes, and produces … [Read more...] about VIDEO: How landlords work together to keep rents high
The Politics and Economy of Mixed-Use Planning
By Ian Van der Merwe The consensus of planners is in, mixed-use is the name of the game! Every apartment building must have space for shops on the first floor and every redevelopment must contribute to building a denser city! Over a century after the passing of the first US zoning laws, planners have walked back the separation of land uses, heralding the benefits of … [Read more...] about The Politics and Economy of Mixed-Use Planning
The Negotiation of Colonial Legacies in the Planning of Islamabad, Pakistan
By Hafsah Siddiqui The planning of Islamabad, the capital city of Pakistan, presents a fascinating case through which neocolonial power can be understood. The process first began in 1959 under the patronage of military leader and president Ayub Khan. Greek planner and architect Constantinos Doxiadis, funded by the United States’ Ford Foundation, was brought in as an … [Read more...] about The Negotiation of Colonial Legacies in the Planning of Islamabad, Pakistan
“It took us 50 Fucking Years”: a Review of Rabble Rousers
By Samuel Stein If you’ve been around housing movements in New York City, or the U.S., or maybe anywhere, you have probably heard about a place called Cooper Square, where the people did the impossible: beat back the real estate speculators and aligned power brokers to take control of piece of their neighborhood, creating permanently affordable social housing while … [Read more...] about “It took us 50 Fucking Years”: a Review of Rabble Rousers