

JOHN FRIEDMANN, 1926-2017
With the passing of John Friedmann planning, and progressive planning, has lost an important and unique voice. A prolific author, with...

“GET READY SUNSET PARK, ‘BROOKLYN’ IS COMING”: THE REAL ESTATE IMPERATIVES OF AN INNOVATION ECOSYSTE
INTRODUCTION Brooklyn is the symbolic capital of New York City’s maker movement comprised of artisans and artists, designers, craftsmen,...

FROM BOB FITCH TO DONALD TRUMP: "UNFRIENDLY FIRE"
Sixth Annual Robert Fitch Memorial Lecture, April 27, 2017 LaGuardia Community College, City University of New York DOUG HENWOOD: Good...


ROBERT FITCH: A TRUE PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL
Fifth Annual Robert Fitch Memorial Lecture, May 5, 2016 LaGuardia Community College, City University of New York “We are basically the...


AN INFORMAL SETTLEMENT IN PUERTO RICO HAS BECOME THE WORLD’S FIRST FAVELA COMMUNITY LAND TRUST
In San Juan, Puerto Rico, government, residents, and technical professionals created a Community Land Trust (CLT), known locally as...


RESURRECTING BOB FITCH: RECOVERING SOLIDARITY, RECLAIMING SOULS
Second Robert Fitch Memorial Lecture, May 13, 2013 LaGuardia Community College, City University of New York DOUG HENWOOD: It was a great...


EXPLAINING WHAT GOES ON IN THE WORLD: IN MEMORY OF BOB FITCH
I want to start by saying how honored I am to be giving this, the first Bob Fitch memorial lecture. I dearly hope there will be a second and


ROBERT FITCH MEMORIAL LECTURE SERIES FROM PROGRESSIVE CITY
Robert (Bob) Fitch was a writer, researcher, teacher and organizer. He was born in 1939, and died tragically in 2011 from complications...


PLANNERS EXPLAIN THINGS TO ME
New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Library of Congress, 'Jane Jacobs' classic 1961 book, The Death and...


GROUNDHOG DAY: PLANNING AS A FORM OF INJUSTICE AND STRUGGLE FOR THE BEDOUIN IN ISRAEL-PALESTINE
The approach to the Bedouin village of Um al-Hiran, in the Negev region of Israel-Palestine, is a very steep track carved out of the...