How should we design the cities of our dreams? - A review article on the rebooting of American Urbanism

A review article tracking the recent history of urban thinking.... covering...

• Mega projects - eg Highline http://www.thehighline.org/
• Beltine - of green park, new develoment and a rapid transit system in Atlanta http://www.beltline.org/
• Bikeways in Minneapolis
• Rooftop farms http://www.businessinsider.com/gotham-greens-2011-7?op=1
• Disnification of cities

There is a concern expressed in the article that the recent thrust for urban revival has lead to super-tidy city cores, dominated by white and wealthy, who move in and out of the city along boulevards and new mass transit routes through gritty destitute neighborhoods effectively by-passed by the uplift.

http://www.salon.com/2011/11/27/how_should_we_design_the_cities_of_our_dreams/