Urbanity

Urbanity

Do Chain Stores Threaten L.A.'s Newfound Urbanity?

As downtown Los Angeles seeks to cement its nascent transformation into a full-fledged urban neighborhood, Sam Lubell cautions against the threat brought by the suburban mindset of Walmart, Target, and other chain operators.

Aug 2, 2012 The Architect's Newspaper

The Urban Nightmare Of Le Corbusier

<p>The machine-city envisioned by Le Corbusier, and made into practice in decades of modernist bureaucracy, has ultimately produced, according to Simon Richards' essay, an antisocial environment, against which urban planning seems to be now reacting.</p>

Mar 4, 2008 The Urban Reinventors Online Urban Journal