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Meetup before Sandy’s Jane’s Walk this Sunday


From the comments and emails I’ve gotten, there will be a pretty decent turnout of Market Urbanists at Sandy Ikeda’s Jane’s Walk on Sunday, “Eye’s on Brooklyn Heights.”

Here are the details from the site;

Date: Sunday May 8, 2011

Time: 1:00pm-2:30pm

Meeting Place: The tour will meet at the steps of [...]

More Libertarians on Jane Jacobs


The Ludwig von Mises Institute publishes a podcast performed by Jeff Riggenbach called “The Libertarian Tradition”, which discusses significant figures in the libertarian movement.  The most recent edition is dedicated to Jane Jacobs, who’s ideas are highly regarded by many libertarians, despite the fact that she publicly distanced herself  from being associated with the [...]

Video: Sandy Ikeda on The Unintended Consequences of


I came across this video interview of economist Sandy Ikeda by the Mackinac Center. Sandy currently blogs at thinkmarkets and has contributed guest posts to Market Urbanism. I thought Sandy did a great job discussing many of the topics we cover in this site. Sandy is particularly insightful when it comes to the [...]

The Nature of the Living City


Sandy Ikeda posted an abstract for a short essay he is contributing to a Festschrift honoring Jane Jacobs.  He quite eloquently describes the nature of the living city:

A city is not a man-made thing.  Rather, it emerges from the actions of its inhabitants, who interact in unpredictable yet orderly ways.  Under [...]

What Would Moses Do? (Robert Moses, that is…)


(Map of Robert Moses’ unbuilt proposals via “vanshnookenraggen.”)

Sandy Ikeda blogs:

If Moses were around today I don’t think he’d waste any time getting every major project he could think of “shovel ready” for hundreds of billions of stimulus money. While he’s no longer with us, I do fear that, with [...]

Sandy Ikeda Guest-Blogging at Market Urbanism


When the New York Sun decided to shut down its press, the biggest loss to the blogosphere was Sanford Ikeda’s Culture of Congestion blog. At the Sun, Sandy blogged about cities, economics, politics, and related subjects.

Sandford Ikeda is an Associate Professor of Economics at SUNY Purchase. Professor Ikeda is the author of [...]

Sun Sets on Culture of Congestion


The New York Sun has decided to close up shop. To Market Urbanists, the greatest casualties are Sandy Ikeda’s blog, Culture of Congestion and Ed Glaeser’s articles. Sandy’s work has inspired me to read Jane Jacobs’ books (starting with The Death and Life of Great American Cities), and I plan to post some [...]

Market Urbanism on NY Sun’s Culture of Congestion


Market Urbanism was featured in Sandy Ikeda’s NY Sun blog “Culture of Congestion”: More Kindred Spirits: Mitchell Moss and “Market Urbanism” Blog. If you don’t already, I recommend subscribing to “Culture of Congestion”.

Thanks Sandy!