Jonathan Potts was nice enough to mention our little discussion about development. And provided another link worth pursuing. Here is Mr. Potts discussing how
a sprawling suburban community begins to wake up to the benefits of walkable communities. Suburban apologist Joel Kotkin--who also happens to be one of the most astute critics of modren urban redevelopment policies--wrote about this last year, and here were my thoughts then.
That first link takes you to a Post-Gazette story about the Village at Pine, an experiment in building a "walkable community."
These are always interesting. Some people claim that early iterations of this kind of New Urbanism, like Kentlands, Maryland, have been profound success stories.
Some libertarian types are skeptical.
So are some non-libertarian types.
These links are extremely interesting, so for once I'll shut up.
But really. Read them. Especially the "libertarian" take on Portland, Oregon. People often use the city as a model for how things should be. This is a pretty vicious dissent. I met the guy who wrote it. And he means serious business.
What all this means for the Village at Pine, I don't know.
okay, okay, okay....
JM: please explain how taking advantage of corruption in the indian real estate market is ethicall and socially better than a suburbanite working in downtown and spending his money there?
i think your moral compass is way out of whack.
Posted by: sean mcdaniel | July 26, 2006 at 06:42 AM
and this...
sheel, the proper way to refer to the I. ghandi is...
"the power hungry bitch that WAS indira ghandi"...
she was assassinated 22 years ago.
wanna share your thoughts on hillary clinton?
Posted by: sean mcdaniel | July 26, 2006 at 06:45 AM
Sean,
Sheel, has pretty much said it all. I think that working in government means never having to say you are sorry. The Parallels with Pittsburgh seem huge. A bunch of people ( The congress party ) for whom power became an end in itself help to wreck a city and never say sorry.
Posted by: John Morris | July 26, 2006 at 02:10 PM
man, what women screwed over you and sheel?
Posted by: sean mcdaniel | July 26, 2006 at 02:33 PM