The world knows that people were murdered at Paris cafés and other places this past weekend. Much has been said and written, and will be, about these horrific events, but I want to say something
Vol.95.2: THE PLACE OF THE STONE
The following is excerpted from a chapter on teaching in China in a book in progress by the author.
I had been doing a lot of lecturing about planning and urbanism
Vol.91.4: PARIS AND THE PROFESSORS, a Movie Review Essay
There were seven screenwriters on Casablanca. Chances are that at least one of them had a romantic experience in Paris that resulted in Bogart’s doleful line to Bergman
Vol.91.3: LET HONG KONG BE HONG KONG, Part 1
Sai Ying Pun (1930s), neighborhood author lived in 2001
Making a case for a politically independent Hong Kong might seem, at first blush, to contradict geography, ethnicity, and culture—although it is the last of these, that is not determined
Vol.91.2: T-SQUARE 2.0?
For an urbanist such as myself the prospect of observing, in 1997, the “handover” of sovereignty of a major world city from one country to another was an unusual opportunity. Most cities
Vol.90.3: CITY MOUSE/COUNTRY MOUSE: A HYPOTHESIS ON THE WELLSPRINGS OF ANTI-URBANISM
This is a slightly revised paper that I presented at the National Meetings of the American Institute of Planners, Atlanta, Georgia 1973,
Introduction
Probably from the
Vol.84.9: IT HAS BEEN SAID OF PARIS II
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Les Americanes
When it comes to rocky love affairs there is also the on/off relationship between France and America that goes
Vol.84.8: IT HAS BEEN SAID OF PARIS (Part 1)
Une Plume, un Cahier, un Café Many people go to Paris to write; or at least they seem
Vol.84.7: Uncle Ho’s Neighborhood
Villa des Gobelins, toward Ave. des Gobelins. Ho’s building on the left.
In 1989 I lived in Paris while teaching at the University of Paris VII. I had to arrange my own housing and at first lived with an elderly Englishwoman in the 15th<span
Vol.84.6: Oh My City, Oh My Mayor, OMG!
I really shouldn’t be weighing in on this for a couple of reasons (there probably are more than a couple), but things have been kind of quiet around here and
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