Long-Weekend Reads

If you’re anything like me, you’ll leap at the chance to catch up on some longer less straight-news reads over the long weekend, perhaps while marooned at the airport, escaping from family mayhem, or while smoothly riding the rails. Here are a few pieces I picked for you, EOTS readers:

• Jane Jacobs and the Power of Women Planners [The Atlantic Cities]
• Streetscapes – The Pedestrian Loses the Way [New York Times]
• Goodbye, Sidewalks: London Planners break down boundaries between cars and pedestrians [GOOD]
• The Occupy Movement and the New Public Space[The Atlantic Cities]
• Are Complete Streets Incomplete? [Project for Public Spaces]
• Pointing out the Obstacles [Philadelphia Inquirer]
• Robert Reich: The First Amendment Upside Down [Guernica Magazine]
• The Fracturing of Pennsylvania [New York Times Magazine]
• Restoring Rivers could help Cool Cities [GOOD]