The Other Grid at 200
4 January 2012 | Hidden City Daily
Reading the cities’ futures in the meaning of their grids. One city’s grid Utopia, the other’s a “creative template.”
Posts tagged with “William Penn”
Journey to Recover the Future
1 September 2009 | Philly Skyline
The dual vision of decay and merciless expansion prompted Calvino’s meditation. He no longer thought the city livable: so many “dead branches” (such evocative phrasing!), so many possible futures not achieved, opportunities squandered.
A Penn State of Mind
1 September 2009 | Primer Magazine
The visionary William Penn has ideas about city planning. He’s experienced the great London fire of 1666 and observed vulgar Paris.
“To See Something Greater”
19 September 2008 | Philly Skyline
“He was quite a contradictory fellow,” says Sam Katz, explaining his new-found fascination with William Penn. “We tend to think of him as the grandfather of religious freedom, which he was, but he was also the largest private landholder in the world.”
“This Is Not Pie In The Sky”
29 April 2008 | Philly Skyline
It isn’t history that has excited him. Rather Hague seems inspired imagining a future for Nicetown and Lower Germantown. “There is a lot of opportunity here,” he says then pauses. “And a lot of opportunity for missed opportunity.”