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Jane Jacobs’ The Death and Life of Great American Cities.
Ray Oldenburg • The Great Good Place: Cafes, Coffee Shops, Bookstores, Bars, Hair Salons, and Other Hangouts at the Heart of a Community
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Michael Lewis • Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
The creative industries literature also drew on postwar knowledge about the flexible creative personality to make the hip freelancer or independent studio artist, rather than the unionized musician or actor who had been at the heart of the cultural industries, the star of this new economy.
Samuel W. Franklin • The Cult of Creativity: A Surprisingly Recent History
Ali Montag • Monopolies and Magnolias (Audio Edition)
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Michael Lewis • Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
hundreds of ordinary enterprises, necessary to the safety and public life of streets and neighborhoods, and appreciated for their convenience and personal quality, can make out successfully in old buildings, but are inexorably slain by the high overhead of new construction. As for really new ideas of any kind—no matter how ultimately profitable or
... See moreJane Jacobs • The Death and Life of Great American Cities
This promise that there is a “hometown” for every kind of person suggests a very intimate kind of power. Zukin again: Our tastes as consumers—tastes for lattes and organic food, as well as for green spaces, boutiques, and farmers’ markets—now define the city, as they also define us. These tastes are reflected in the media’s language and images, fro
... See moreDavid A. Banks • The City Authentic: How the Attention Economy Builds Urban America
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