By Theresa Williamson From New York City to Berlin, Hong Kong to London, conflicts have been increasingly recorded in recent years between two urban camps. First there are those who view the city as fundamentally commercial, drawing on the city’s origin as a place of exchange made possible thanks to agricultural production - a place of economies of scale and agglomeration … [Read more...] about RIO’S REAL VS. UNMET OLYMPIC LEGACIES: WHAT THEY TELL US ABOUT THE FUTURE OF CITIES
PREVENTING DISCRIMINATION BY DESIGN: DIVERSIFYING THE PLANNING PROFESSION
By Giovania Tiarachristie In Spring of 2015, the New York City Council voted to approve the East New York rezoning, but not without a bitter battle in the low-income, predominately black and Latino neighborhood that had seen very little investment from the city over the decades. Residents and advocates protested against the proposal to incentivize new development with … [Read more...] about PREVENTING DISCRIMINATION BY DESIGN: DIVERSIFYING THE PLANNING PROFESSION