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July 21, 2010
Jane Jacobs, esthete? (or why the High Line belongs in the Metro section)
Atlantic Yards Report
While urbanism certainly encompasses questions of design, it equally involves politics, policy, and economics. So it was a little jarring to see, in today's New York Times, news that High Line Founders To Get Jane Jacobs Medal appear in the Arts section.
The High Line is a spectacular new park and, while it's spurred inventive architecture, it belongs in the Metro section. Last week, a front-page Times article about the High Line's notable ripple effects, After High Line’s Success, Other Cities Look Up, began on the front page, but jumped to the Metro section.
Oddly enough, online that article is assigned to the arts desk.
Posted by eric at July 21, 2010 11:31 AM