Cities

Cities have long been acknowledged as primary organs of cultural development; that is, of the vast and intricate collections of ideas and institutions called civilization, and I have no intention of laboring that point. —The Economy of Cities, Jane Jacobs Below are the half-deranged rambles of a man who enjoys making sweeping cultural claims and thereafter judging them on the basis of his own aesthetics. These reflections are in roughly reverse chronological order, and are all entirely first drafts (I hate editing, and as it is not strictly necessary to edit these I will not do so). If you find any particularly compelling, feel free to email me! Likewise if you want to argue. Rome Istanbul Geneva Toledo

Cities have long been acknowledged as primary organs of cultural development; that is, of the vast and intricate collections of ideas and institutions called civilization, and I have no intention of laboring that point. —The Economy of Cities, Jane Jacobs Below are the half-deranged rambles of a man who enjoys making sweeping cultural claims and thereafter judging them on the basis of his own aesthetics. These reflections are in roughly reverse chronological order, and are all entirely first drafts (I hate editing, and as it is not strictly necessary to edit these I will not do so). If you fin