Articles
The New York Review
-
How New York Is Zoning Out the Human-Scale City The New York Review (December 30, 2019)
New York Times
-
It Takes a Neighborhood New York Times (Sept 28, 2010)
-
O Urban Pioneers! New York Times (Sept 1, 2010)
-
Rebirth of a City New York Times (Aug 10, 2010)
-
The Big Box on Your Block The New York Times (October 17, 2004)
-
From Hell to High Water The New York Times (February 22, 2006)
Common Edge
-
New York City Promises Affordability Through Rezoning But Delivers Gentrification Common Edge (March 26, 2021)
-
Post-Covid New York and the Rebirth of the Regional City Common Edge (Feb 16, 2021)
-
The Ambiguous Urban Legacy of Ed Logue Common Edge (Jan 26, 2020)
-
Neal R. Peirce: The Man Who Championed—and Helped Save—the American City Common Edge (Jan 6, 2020)
-
Governor Cuomo’s and Mayor de Blasio’s Grovelling to Amazon Demeans New York Common Edge (Mar 7, 2019)
-
An Amazon Correction: The City Won—and the Company Isn’t Going Anywhere Common Edge (Feb 18, 2019)
-
Will Detroit Ever Fully Recover From John Portman’s Renaissance Center? Common Edge (Sept 7, 2018)
-
A Critical Reassessment of John Portman? No, His Buildings Were Resolutely Anti-Urban Common Edge (Aug 28, 2018)
-
The Greenwich Village Apartments Created by Jane Jacobs Are Threatened With Demolition Common Edge (Nov 7, 2017)
-
What Jane Jacobs and the Founders of the High Line Have in Common Common Edge (Apr 17, 2017)
-
How to Prevent the Mauling and Malling of New York Common Edge (Nov 2, 2016)
-
More Thoughts on Jane Jacobs from One of Her Closest Collaborators Common Edge (Aug 25, 2016)
Planetizen
-
Planners and the Jane Jacobs Conundrum Planetizen (April 25, 2011)
-
Enough With the ‘Enough with Jane Jacobs’ Already! Planetizen (Jan 24, 2011)
Huffington Post
-
Curitiba’s Jaime Lerner Huffington Post (Oct 31, 2013)
-
Urban Change to Believe In Huffington Post (Sept 12, 2013)
-
A Favela Transformed Huffington Post (Aug 22, 2013)
-
Curitiba: An Environmental Showcase Huffington Post (Aug 6, 2013)
-
Walking the Walk With Jane Huffington Post (April 30, 2012)
-
When Is a Landmark A Landmark? Huffington Post (Jul 30, 2011)
-
Stockholm Leads the Way Huffington Post (Jul 7, 2011)
-
Landmarking Urban Change in New York Huffington Post (Mar 2, 2011)
-
Times Square Development Completed Huffington Post (Jan 4, 2011)
-
Saving Shrinking Cities Huffington Post (Aug 4, 2010)
-
Westway Changed Transportation History Huffington Post (Oct 13, 2010)
Citiwire
-
Organic Renewal: St. Joe’s Story Citiwire ( Jul 5, 2013)
-
Grand Central Citiwire (Feb 7, 2013)
-
Charity Redux Citiwire (Sept 7, 2012)
-
In Shrinking Cities, Preserving Existing Buildings Can Stem The Loss Citiwire(Jul 20, 2012)
-
Hydrofracking and the Rural Future Citiwire (Feb 4, 2012)
-
Hydrofracking: The Impacts Continues Citiwire (Jan 28, 2012)
-
The Hydrofracking Impact Citiwire (Jan 21, 2012)
-
Funding the Grassroots: New ArtPlace Initiative Makes Eminent Sense Citiwire (Sept 24, 2011)
-
Stockholm Model Planning Yields Dramatic Results Citiwire (Jun 23, 2011)
-
How to Beat the Shrinking Cities Syndrome Citiwire (Apr 29, 2011)
-
Rebuilding Detroit The Sane Way, A Block at a Time Citiwire (Dec 26, 2010)
-
Upstate New York Revival: Genius or Common Sense Citiwire (Nov 7, 2010)
-
Redeveloping an Old City the Right (Thoughtful) Way Citiwire (Jul 16, 2010)
-
Demolition a Wrong Answer From Imperiled Neighborhoods Citiwire (Jun 18, 2010)
Articles about New Orleans
-
Going off the grid: Canal streetcars rumble toward a big mistake The Lens (Mar 17, 2019)
-
Jane Jacobs’ victories against Robert Moses saved a city and also empowered women The Lens (Mar 14, 2018)
-
Remembering Bill Borah: Killing a French Quarter expressway was only the start The Lens (Oct 10, 2017)
-
What would Jane Jacobs make of our post-Katrina transition from ‘death’ to ‘life’? The Lens (Apr 9, 2016)
-
What to do with short-term rentals: legalize and police them? Good luck with that! The Lens (Feb 27, 2016)
-
Holy Cross condo plan: Are we already abandoning post-Katrina reforms? The Lens (May 6, 2014)
-
So what if Holy Cross towers defy the zoning code – it’s only the Lower Ninth The Lens (Mar 26, 2014)
-
How to Save a Sinking City The Nation (Jun 24, 2013)
-
Monumental mistake: Demolishing World Trade Center to build a tourist attraction The Lens (Jun 19, 2013)
-
A Biotech Disaster in New Orleans? Citiwire (Mar 24, 2011)
-
Why Was New Orleans’s Charity Hospital Allowed to Die? The Nation (May 16, 2011)
-
It Takes a Neighborhood New York Times (September 28, 2010)
-
New Orleans’ Third Crisis: Suburb-Style Hospital Plan (May 6, 2010)
-
Community-Based Progress in Post-Katrina New Orleans Planetizen (Nov 25, 2008)
-
In New Orleans’ Mud, A Ward Determined Not To Slip Away Michigan Land Use Institute (Nov 1, 2005)
-
What Cities Looking to Shrink Can Learn From New Orleans The Atlantic Cities (Apr 5, 2012)
-
New Orleans’ Third Crisis: Suburb-Style Hospital Plan Citiwire (May 6, 2010)​
Other
-
Jane Jacobs and the Power of Women Planners The Atlantic (Nov 16, 2011)
-
Making Pittsburgh New by Keeping it Old The Atlantic (Oct 25, 2011)
-
Turning Downtowns from Ratholes to Artists’ Lofts History News Network (2011)
-
Rochester’s Unique Place in the Rustbelt Revival The Atlantic Cities (Jun 15, 2012)
-
Livingston Street Battle Frames Debate On Landmarks (Jan 8, 2012)
-
Urban Virtues Metropolis Magazine (March 2008)
-
The Vacant Building Syndrome The Next American City (Spring 2007)
-
Robert Moses Reconsidered: Blight is in the Eye of the Beholder City Limits (Apr 2, 2007)
-
Robert Moses Reconsidered: Power and Process Right Now City Limit (Mar 12, 2007)
-
Robert Moses Reconsidered: Mostly Right The First Time City Limits (Feb 12, 2007)
-
Downtown parking: It is not as bad as it seems Downtown Idea Exchange (Dec 15, 2006)
-
The Best Laid Plans Urbanite (May 2006)
-
Against the Tide Urbanite (April 2006)
-
An Ode to Olmsted in Orange Michigan Land Use Institute (March 9, 2005)
-
In the Park With Christo The Nation (March 28, 2005)
-
Suburban Retailers Say Hello to Downtown Michigan Land Use Institute (November 22, 2004)
-
Density without Disruption Places (Spring 2004)
-
Downtowns Grow One Step at a Time Planning Commissioners Journal (Winter 2003)
-
Marooned on Culture Island New York Times (June 4, 2003)
-
Anthems In The Architecture Michigan Land Use Institute (May 1, 2003)
-
The Enduring Power of the Old Urbanism Metropolis (February, 2002)
-
A Window Into the Heart of America Michigan Land Use Institute (December 21, 2001)
-
After Calamity, New Yorkers Sought Traditional, Intimate Public Places Michigan Land Use Institute (October 24, 2001)
-
To Market, To Market Planning Commissioners Journal (Spring 2001)
-
Preserving the Urban Dynamic The Nation (April 23, 2001)
-
So many buses, so little space New York Daily News (June 7, 2000)
-
The Center Holds: Old Black Communities Revived The Wall Street Journal (August 15, 1995)
-
Each Town Its Own Face The Wall Street Journal (September 8, 1994)
-
Demolition Doesn’t Rebuild Neighborhoods New York Newsday (December 15, 1992)
-
Malling the Northeast New York Times Magazine (April 1, 1990)