December 2011
19 posts
The Best CityReads of 2011 →
theatlanticcities.com
“Detroitism”
Guernica
John Patrick Leary
January 2011An examination of the increasing media attention on Detroit and its “ruins,” and how analyzing the city through pictures of its demise oversimplifies the dynamics underneath its transition.
“Mayor of Rust”
The New York Times Magazine
Sue Halpern
February 11, 2011A character study of the struggling town of Braddock, Pennsylvania, and the unconventional mayor who’s taking unconventional steps to rebuild the city’s economy.
“Sardine Life”
New York
Justin Davidson
April 3, 2011Documenting the last 150 years of “piled up” housing in cities, and especially New York.
“City of Dreams”
Conde Nast Traveler
Evan Osnos
May 2011The history of the development of Beijing, dating from its original planning in the 15th century to Mao Zedong’s vast modernization efforts in the mid-20th century to the city’s current status as China’s home of power but also a thriving creativity.
Read the rest of the list at The Atlantic Cities
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“We are not nouns, we are verbs. I am not a thing – an actor, a writer – I am a person who does things – I write, I act – and I never know what I am going to do next. I think you can be imprisoned if you think of yourself as a noun.”
—Stephen Fry (via insomnambulist)
