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Ever since the first European settlers arrived, North America's town founders and planners have asked some big questions about how to shape the places we live. What if we arrange our homes and businesses around an orderly grid of streets? What if we build a company town with housing for all of our workers? What if we lay out a town to provide people with more green space? What ...
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学到了学到了 Jane Jacobs 和 Ebenezer Howard 影响力真大
PBS Ten that changed America系列。第一季01Building, 02homes, 03parks, 04towns。第二季01streets, 02monuments, 03modern marvels。
很形象地复习了一遍global urbanism 讲得比想象中还有具体 虽然视角不完全neutral 还是喜欢的
Seaside，Florida 这个镇子简直就是全世界滨海旅游度假区的祖宗，启发了迪士尼小镇的设立。从这个案例我想到了天朝流行的“泰晤士小镇”“荷兰小镇”“西班牙小镇”这类village ,美帝这个“Village”概念好奇怪啊，各地争当，每年还有纪念活动，纪念他们是个“村”，说是“village”房价都高20%。
非常有趣的宏观历史人文，从城市规划视角切入。town的翻译不准，town就是城镇，市镇。