By Stefan Kipfer In the middle of March, I started to post short photo essays on my social media feed. These snapshots were inspired by daily walks and bicycle excursions in Toronto as well as news from around the world about the spread of COVID-19. The multiple crises that come together in the current pandemic harbour great dangers, including rampant Social Darwinism and … [Read more...] about VIEWS OF THE NAKED CITY: PICTURES FROM THE DAILY ROUND IN A CITY OF EMPTYING STREETS
BOOK REVIEW OF EVERYDAY EQUALITIES: MAKING MULTICULTURES IN SETTLER COLONIAL CITIES
By Maya Amichai Fincher, R., Iveson, K., Leitner, H., & Preston, V. (2019). Everyday Equalities: Making Multicultures in Settler Colonial Cities. U of Minnesota Press. 264 PagesISBN: 978-0-8166-9464-8$27 (Paperback) The Study of Interactions in a Place Everyday Equalities is an exploration of how people come together in cities, and of how power dynamics and … [Read more...] about BOOK REVIEW OF EVERYDAY EQUALITIES: MAKING MULTICULTURES IN SETTLER COLONIAL CITIES
PROGRESSIVE CITY EDITORIAL BOARD OPINION: COVID-19 IS THE PANDEMIC, BUT PLANNING SHOULD COURSE CORRECT TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION
Urban planners and the other professions that have helped shape the growth and development of cities bear some responsibility for the pandemic and its fatal consequences. They are part of the problem and should step up and be part of the solution. Absurd, you say? Planners aren’t health professionals and had nothing to do with the virus or its spread? First of all, the … [Read more...] about PROGRESSIVE CITY EDITORIAL BOARD OPINION: COVID-19 IS THE PANDEMIC, BUT PLANNING SHOULD COURSE CORRECT TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION
REVIEW OF: “THE HELSINKI EFFECT: PUBLIC ALTERNATIVES TO THE GUGGENHEIM MODEL OF CULTURE-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT
By Annette Koh The Guggenheim Effect is an urbanist fairy tale about how a starchitect-designed museum transformed a sleepy backwater into a celebrated global destination. In this story, architect Frank Gehry’s undulating design for Bilbao’s Guggenheim museum jolted Bilbao out of post-industrial doldrums by garnering international acclaim and drawing an influx of tourists … [Read more...] about REVIEW OF: “THE HELSINKI EFFECT: PUBLIC ALTERNATIVES TO THE GUGGENHEIM MODEL OF CULTURE-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT
MISSING MICHAEL SORKIN
By Tom Angotti “Comrade Urbanists!” Every semester during the years I taught at Hunter College, I was greeted by this message from Michael Sorkin. He sent it to me and a small group of professors from diverse disciplines and multiple campuses of the sprawling City University of New York (CUNY). His missive, from the Graduate Urban Design program he headed at City … [Read more...] about MISSING MICHAEL SORKIN