[Review] Triumph of the City

[Review] Triumph of the City

by | Nov 20, 2012 | Book Review, English

One of those books that I read mostly in order to recommend it to others. I’m already part of the urbanist converted, and Glaeser is preaching to the choir. For those of you who are comfortably content in the suburbs, or wary of the chaotic hustle and bustle of...
Fame, Followers, Anonymity and Activism

Fame, Followers, Anonymity and Activism

by | Apr 6, 2011 | English

What follows is more or less a rough approximation of my notes for a presentation I gave on Monday at a conference organized by the United Nations Development Program and the Institute for Elections and Citizen Participation of Jalisco. The panel, “Technological...
Malls and Plazas

Malls and Plazas

by | Mar 2, 2011 | English

For the past week I’ve been working on a long essay about public and private space in Mexico City. It was first inspired by Andres Lajous’ essay, “The Political Economy of the Metro” and by sections Daniel Hernandez’s book, Down and...