ON GRIDS, ROADS AND NODES

READINGS

Andro Linklater “The Shape of Cities” in Measuring America (Penguin Publishing Group, 2003). Link to book.  

Jane Jacobs “The Use of Sidewalks” in The Death and Life of Great American Cities (Random House, 1961). Link to article

J.B. Jackson, “Roads Belong in the Landscape,” in A Sense of Place, a Sense of Time, (Yale University Press, 1994). Link to book.

PROMPT

This week’s reflection is abbreviated in light of the upcoming StoryMap deadline. In addition to submitting a question for class discussion, please write a short paragraph (~200 words) about something new you learned or any point of disagreement you may have with one of the authors’ arguments.