Tag: New Urbanism

Walking Jane Jacobs’ Hood

Andrea Cordonier

Community, Geography, Health & Security, History & Heritage, Place & Space, Sociology & Psychology

This week, a walk around Jane Jacobs’ neighbourhood in Greenwich Village was my unfinished business and a Google maps walking tour my guide. Read more
Birds of a Feather

Andrea Cordonier

Architecture & Design, Community, Featured, Place & Space, Sociology & Psychology

On the evening of the ninth anniversary of 9/11, the twin columns of light projected as a memorial over the World Trade Center site became a source of mystery. Illuminated in the beams were thousands of small white objects, sparkling and spiralling, unlike anything seen on other nights. Some viewers wondered if they were scraps… Read more