Monthly Archives: March 2015

Looking at the Bigger Picture

March 1, 2015 Nick Anton — 2 Comments

Robert Moses has become one of the most disputed figures in the history of the development New York City. The primary reason for all the controversy is that Moses acted in a quasi-totalitarian way within a culture that values democracy…

The Jacobs perspective

March 1, 2015 joshrutta — No Comments

As I read through Jane Jacobs attack on orthodox planning theory and their lack of empirical supportive data in her famous 1961 work The Death and Life of Great American Cities , I initially felt swept up in her arguments.…

Moses, Jacobs, Bloomberg (for 3/4, not 3/2)

March 1, 2015 Tamar — 2 Comments

Jane Jacobs makes a compelling argument against what she calls orthodox city planning. She says that the idea that one can impose order on a city, by breaking it into neat pieces with separate roles, is a destructive fallacy. According to Jacobs,…