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Issue Nº 39: Reporting in Amsterdam (from my New York desk), Brutalist Architecture, and The Guy

February 11, 2020

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(Well, almost in print.) I’m reporting on a super fun story this week! It involves: bicycles, kids, and transforming the whole wide world.  Can’t wait to share it with all of you very soon! 🚲🏅


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Book-writing is very much in progress! Choose one:
[ ] Yay!
[ ] Eeeeek!
[ ] All of the above

Here are a few notes from this month’s research:
[+] Jane Jacobs on Boston’s North End.
[+] Jane Jacobs on the lesser-known urban-renewal mastermind, Ed Logue.


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Tidbits, asides, miscellany…

Combatting loneliness in Italy with social streets.

Young readers' editions can change the way we teach history: the new YA.

Sesame Street is opening up to Syrian refugees.

Want better streets? Build better streets.

Could sleeper trains replace international air travel?


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I’m completely behind on my just-for-fun reading. I have positioned stacks of books in various places throughout the house (including this stash of comics), thinking I’ll feel the inspiration. Truth be told, I am exhausted by words come 8 pm which leaves just enough time for half an episode of the show about The Guy, just doing his thing in NYC alongside 8 million other people looking for connection.


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In Monthly Letters Tags biography, Jane Jacobs for Young Readers, Jane Jacobs
← The New York Times for Kids: Meet Armin Taheri, the Junior Bicycle Mayor of AmsterdamFrom the Archives: Jane Jacobs and Ed Logue →

 

Jane Jacobs was born more than a hundred years ago, yet the ideas she popularized — about cities, people, and creating a more equitable world — remain hugely relevant today. “JANE JACOBS: CHAMPION OF CITIES, CHAMPION OF PEOPLE, the first biography on Jane Jacobs for young readers, paints a vivid picture of a headstrong and principled young girl who committed her life to building cities made for, and by, the people who live in them.

 

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