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
Review of The Sustainability Myth: Environmental Gentrification and the Politics of Justice
By Lacey SigmonThe following piece is part of Progressive City's Planning for Environmental Justice series. Contributions reflect on this theme through a variety of lenses, such as environmental justice, combatting green gentrification, and exploring radical approaches to climate change. Read more about this series here. The Sustainability Myth: Environmental … [Read more...] about Review of The Sustainability Myth: Environmental Gentrification and the Politics of Justice
Review of University City: History, Race, and Community in the Era of the Innovation District
By Carla Maria Kayanan University City: History, Race, and Community in the Era of the Innovation DistrictLaura Wolf-PowersUniversity of Pennsylvania Press204 Pages, Hardcover $39.95 USDWhen I was a doctoral student studying innovation districts, Professor Robert Fishman, my dissertation supervisor and internationally recognized expert in urban history, pointedly asked: … [Read more...] about Review of University City: History, Race, and Community in the Era of the Innovation District
REVIEW: Community Matters
Review by Tom Angotti Community MattersEdited by John Emmeus Davis Madison, WI, Terra Nostra Press, 2022. 250 pp, $7.50 US Community land trusts (CLTs) have emerged in many parts of the Americas and Europe as a means for securing community control of land and insuring that it is used to meet the long-term needs of communities, particularly the many whose needs are … [Read more...] about REVIEW: Community Matters
Pandemic Responses and Mutual Aid Are Building Climate Resilience and Justice
Pandemic Responses and Mutual Aid Are Building Climate Resilience and Justice: Learning from Community Responses in the Boston Area By Penn Loh and Neenah Estrella-Luna The following piece is part of Progressive City's Planning for Environmental Justice series. Contributions reflect on this theme through a variety of lenses, such as environmental justice, combatting green … [Read more...] about Pandemic Responses and Mutual Aid Are Building Climate Resilience and Justice