In Which I Clear Out the Old Links Idling Around on My Laptop

Coming back from vacation, read this interesting article in The New Yorker on the centennial of Daniel Burnham's Plan of Chicago.

This resonated coming from LA, which doesn't look like all that pleasant a place to live, urban planning wise.

Nicolai Ouroussoff of the NY Times is already on the case. He has ideas for transforming America's cities. I'm not sure the bailout is this ambitious, but my shovel is ready.