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 [...]
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December 13th, 2009 | Tags: Author: Sandy Ikeda, automobile, highways, Intervention, planning, smart growth | Category: Economics, planning, video, zoning | Comments |
 printable viewSandy 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 the right conditions [...] April 7th, 2009 | Tags: Author: Sandy Ikeda, emergence, Jane Jacobs | Category: Economics, Jane Jacobs | Comments |
printable view(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 the incentive structure of the [...] March 23rd, 2009 | Tags: Author: Sandy Ikeda, infrastructure, nyc, robert moses, stimulus | Category: corruption, history, infrastructure | Comments |
printable viewWhen 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 Dynamics [...] October 20th, 2008 | Tags: Author: Sandy Ikeda, nyc | Category: Author: Sandy Ikeda | Comments |
printable viewThe 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 of my [...] October 5th, 2008 | Tags: Author: Sandy Ikeda, culture of congestion, Ed Glaeser, ny sun, nyc | Category: Economics, Jane Jacobs | Comments |
printable viewMarket 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! September 2nd, 2008 | Tags: Author: Sandy Ikeda, culture of congestion, ny sun | Category: Uncategorized | Comments |
printable viewI’ve been swamped in my day job, but want to share the following: The blog, Agents of Urbanism recently gave praise to Market Urbanism. Thanks Matthew! Please check out Agents of Urbanism and Life Without Buildings, who followed up on Agent of Urbanism’s praise. I enjoy both blogs. Carl Close wrote How “Urban Renewal” [...] August 1st, 2008 | Tags: Author: Sandy Ikeda, Carl Close, Fillmore District, Jane Jacobs, San Francisco, sprawl, Urban Planning, urban renewal, Urbanism | Category: Economics, Jane Jacobs, sprawl | Comments |
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