
Memories of Peter Marcuse
Over the next several days Progressive City will be posting a series of tributes to Peter Marcuse (1928-2022), influential planning...

Peter Marcuse, Presente!
Over the next several days Progressive City will be posting a series of tributes to Peter Marcuse (1928-2022), influential planning...

PODCAST: Adolph Reed, Jr. on “The South: Jim Crow and its Afterlives”
In Episode Twenty-Two of Ear to the Pavement — the first in a new series about the American South — Allison talks with Professor Adolph...

PODCAST: The Death of the Composer as Social Critic: Marianna Ritchey on Composing Capital
The expectation of radical self-sufficiency is a hallmark of the neoliberal U.S. economy in the early 21st century, and the arts are no...

Did local officials get the COP26 Climate Memos?
By Dick Platkin If you can pull yourself away from the daily concerns of many city dwellers, such as traffic jams and Amazon package...
Call for Submissions from Progressive City: Planning for Community Economic Development
The COVID pandemic has highlighted and aggravated the precarious nature of work and the social-spatial inequities of service and public...

Advocating for Equitable Street Vending Policies
By Lacey Sigmon "Vendor" [Midtown Manhattan] by Dave Doe. Licensed under CC BY 2.0 Street vending is an essential type of street commerce...

Review: Street Commerce: Creating Vibrant Urban Sidewalks
By Lacey Sigmon Street Commerce: Creating Vibrant Urban Sidewalks Andres Sevtsuk University of Pennsylvania Press, 2020 296 pages | 7 x...

Though Everyone is a Planner Some are More Planners than Others
By Barbara Rahder FCIP Hans Blumenfeld (October 1892 – January 1988) was a planner, architect, and professor, who worked in Europe, the...

Let's Shed a Light on the City: Places of Hope in the Time of the Pandemic
By Mohammadmahdi Zanjanian Since the Covid-19 outbreak, the face of cities has changed dramatically. Hidden smiles behind masks, anxious...