Posts Tagged “urban planning”

What Makes Cities ‘Tick’ and Go and Grow?

July 12, 2015 by PaulM Posted in Culture, Lowell 1 Comment

From citylab.com, thoughts and findings about what makes a city function best. And the analysis links back to famed urban thinker Jane Jacobs. I see a lot of overlap with the ideas that are the basis for the national park in Lowell or what used to be called “the urban…

Corey Sciuto on Cities—After Reading Jane Jacobs

February 2, 2011 by PaulM Posted in Culture, Education, History, Lowell Leave a Comment

Read Corey’s always interesting thoughts about how cities are put together and what that means for urban life in his long post written in response to reading the Jane Jacob’s urban studies classic “The Death and Life of Great American Cities” (1961). He connects her insights and strong opinions to…