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Urbanism
Urbanism is the study of how inhabitants of urban areas, such as towns and cities, interact with the built environment.
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The development of an informal public life depends people finding and enjoying one another outside the cash nexus.
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― The Great Good Place: Cafés, Coffee Shops, Bookstores, Bars, Hair Salons and Other Hangouts at the Heart of a Community
― The Great Good Place: Cafés, Coffee Shops, Bookstores, Bars, Hair Salons and Other Hangouts at the Heart of a Community
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From the time I arrived in British East Africa at the indifferent age of four and went through the barefoot stage of early youth hunting wild pig with the Nandi, later training racehorses for a living, and still later scouting Tanganyika and the waterless bush country between the Tana and Athi Rivers, by aeroplane, for elephant, I remained so happily provincial I was unable to discuss the boredom of being alive with any intelligence until I had gone to London and lived there for a year. Boredom,
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― West with the Night
― West with the Night
Books about urbanism (urban design, housing affordability, streets) with an Atlanta focus. Compi…more
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Current and former Polco people talkiong about cities.
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Readers interested in cross disciplinary discussion specific to urban design and transportation …more
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For Hunter MUP/MUPSL students and alumni. Share recs (preferably with some urban spin) and discu…more
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