Tag Archives: Urban Planning

Jordan Flaherty : Post-Katrina New Orleans is a Divided City

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

In the new New Orleans, privatized, voucher-financed housing, left, has replaced traditional public housing like the deserted Lafitte housing projects on the right. Photo by Gerald Herbert / AP.A divided city:Seven years after Katrina in rebuilding New Orleans, the key … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : David Harvey’s ‘Rebel Cities’

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Living for the city:David Harvey’s ‘Rebel Cities‘ This is a radical book. Its discussion ranges from the workings of the monopoly rent system and the nature of neoliberal capitalism to a call to take back the city. By Ron Jacobs … Continue reading →

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Roger Baker : Austin’s New Transportation Plan Throws a Few Curves

Posted on March 23, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Bumpy road ahead?Austin’s new long-range transportation plan By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / March 23, 2010 The background The Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO) recently unveiled its new 2035 long-range draft transportation plan; “People, Planning and Preparing … Continue reading →

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New Urbanism : Transportation Fantasia in Central Texas

Posted on November 6, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Cloning the evil broom:Kirk Watson and the New Urbanists By Glenn Gaven / The Rag Blog / November 6, 2009 In the movie Fantasia, Mickey chops the evil broom into bits only to have them transform into a whole army … Continue reading →

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Barack Obama : Stop the Runaway Train

Posted on November 5, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

President Obama: Stop the runaway train of globalization.Long range strategic innovation: Globalization, the financial crisis, environmental planning, and getting out of Afghanistan By Ray Reece / The Rag Blog / November 5, 2009 Call this a lesson in how to … Continue reading →

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CITIES : Trading Places

Posted on July 29, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

The Angel of Gentrification.The demographic inversion of the American cityby Alan Ehrenhalt Thirty years ago, the mayor of Chicago was unseated by a snowstorm. A blizzard in January of 1979 dumped some 20 inches on the ground, causing, among other … Continue reading →

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