Chinatown

Building Communities With Legos and Plastic Bottles

GOOD Magazine follows planner James Rojas as he engages a community in the act of planning in his own particular fashion, using everyday objects and building blocks.

17 August 2009 - 12:00pm

GOOD Magazine

No Ordinary Chinatown

Chinese designers are flocking to Prato, Italy and forging a new sort of Chinatown that look more like modern-day China.

5 January 2009 - 9:00am

Chicago Tribune

Mike Lydon

Of Songs And Cities: Listening To NYC's Columbus Park

Mon, 10/13/2008 - 04:05

Jane Jacobs once said, “Songs and cities are the best things about us. Songs and cities are so indispensable.”

For a long time I thought Mother Jacobs was speaking, as only she could, about two separate, but vital human necessities. Yet after another weekend exploring New York City, I am convinced the two—songs and cities—are inextricably linked. That is, truly great cities play their own songs, and after one listen you can’t get them out of your head.

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Chinatown Debates Gentrification, as Hipsters Descend

New York's Chinatown has been impenetrable to non-Chinese entrepreneurs for a century, but new glitzy bars and restaurants are beginning to push through. In a neighborhood that has suffered since 9/11, locals debate the merits of outsider investment.

18 September 2008 - 2:00pm

Time Out NY

Chinatown Reimagined

A Chinese architecture team has proposed a futuristic star-shaped city of 15,000 that would visit cities around the world and change the stereotypes of Chinatowns.

15 September 2008 - 12:00pm

Building

Chinatown BID Plans Fuel Debate

Facing gentrification and skyrocketing property prices, business owners in New York's Chinatown are thinking about forming a Business Improvement District. Many say the plan would hurt small businesses.

21 April 2008 - 8:00am

The Villager