The Sixth Migration

In 1925, urban planner & historian Lewis Mumford described four “great tides” of migration that reflected the economic transformation of the US. Eight decades later, Robert Fishman (professor of architecture & urban planning at the University of Michigan) noted the large-scale return of people to global cities, labeling it the Fifth Migration. Today’s great tide, the Sixth Migration, is ebbing from global cities & towards a better quality of life.

Wednesday, October 01, 2014

The Creative Class Boondoggle in Downtown Las Vegas

The lust for greater density is pornographic at Pacific Standard magazine.

Theme: Innovation geography.

Subject Article: "Downtown Las Vegas Is the Great American Techtopia."

Other Links: 1. "Why Density Matters."
2. "Looking Beyond the Maps of Richard Florida’s 'The Divided City.'"
3. "The Urban Tech Revolution."
4. "STATEMENT From Tony Hsieh, 9/30/14 Downtown Project Q&A: there are a lot of misleading headlines flying around out there…"
5. "Is Jane Jacobs The Justin Bieber Of Urbanism?"
6. "Tony Hsieh: Helping Revitalize a City."

Postscript: Follow the Re/code series (6 parts of, I believe, 10 are already published) about Tony Hsieh's Downtown Las Vegas project.
Jim Russell at 5:07 PM

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