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Economy
02.14.12: Jonathan Massey
Housing and the 99 PercentOn Places, Jonathan Massey traces a history of American home ownership, from the boosterism of the 1920s to postwar suburbia to the housing bubble to current foreclosure crisis.
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01.16.12: Will Holman
Lessons from the Front Lines of Social DesignOn Places, Will Holman recounts his experience at Arcosanti, Rural Studio and YouthBuild — and describes the challenge of making a career in public-interest architecture.
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01.09.12: Jerry Herron
The Forgetting Machine: Notes Toward a History of DetroitOn Places, Jerry Herron tracks the decline and fall of his home city of Detroit, from ruin porn to the demolition of Hudson's to Henry Ford's first horseless carriage.
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12.08.11: Reinhold Martin
Occupy: The Day AfterOn Places, Reinhold Martin explores how Occupy Wall Street might challenge the structural inequities of finance capitalism, and how architects and urbanists can contribute to the next phase of the movement
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11.22.11: Matthew Moore
Digital Farm CollectiveOn Places, and in time for Thanksgiving, artist and farmer Matthew Moore describes his Digital Farm Collective, a multimedia project created to spur dialogue about the future of the family farm.
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11.10.11: Andrew Ross
Bird on Fire: Lessons from the World's Least Sustainable CityOn Places, Andrew Ross analyzes the contradictory political and economic forces that once made Phoenix the fastest-growing city in the U.S. — and today a prime casualty of the crash.
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11.07.11: Reinhold Martin
Occupy: What Architecture Can DoOn Places, Reinhold Martin explores the role of architecture in the Occupy Wall Street movement — and in the larger challenges of constructing a better and more equitable society.
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10.06.11: Brian Ulrich
Is This Place Great or WhatOn Places, a slideshow by photographer Brian Ulrich explores "dark stores" — empty big boxes and ghost malls, collateral consumer damage of the economic crash.
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07.18.11: Alex Schafran
Scenes from Surrendered HomesOn Places, urban historian Alex Schafran looks closely at Douglas Smith's photographs of foreclosed homes in California, and sees poignant documentation of the personal toll of the great recession.
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06.06.11: Karen Piper
"We Just Want To Be Tourists"On Places, Karen Piper describes a recent trip to Torres del Paine National Park in Chile, where upscale adventure tourism confronted local political protest.
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04.20.11: Radek Skrivanek
The Dying SeaOn Places, a portfolio of photographs by Radek Skrivanek, documenting the death of the Aral Sea.
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03.14.11: Mimi Zeiger
The Interventionist's Toolkit, Part 2: Posters, Pamphlets and GuidesOn Places, in the second of her series on The Interventionist's Toolkit, Mimi Zeiger reports on the ingenious use of print media to spur urban activism — and even revolution.
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02.14.11: Wes Janz
This Is Flint, MichiganOn Places, Wes Janz probes the ongoing decline of Flint, Michigan, and wonders about the role of the architect in a city where there's more demolition than design.
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01.31.11: Mimi Zeiger
The Interventionist's Toolkit, Part 1On Places, Mimi Zeiger reports on what she calls "the interventionist's toolkit" — architects' and urbanists' creative responses to the economic slump.
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10.04.10: William W. Braham
The Temptations of Survivalism, or, What do you do with your waste?On Places, architect William Braham explores the promise — and the illusions — of sustainable self-sufficiency in environmental design.
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09.27.10: Interboro Partners
What's Going On in the Garment District?On Places, an interactive section created by the Brooklyn-based Interboro Partners offers a detailed look at "what's going on in the garment district" of Manhattan.
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08.11.10: Justin Partyka
The East AngliansOn Places, a portfolio by photographer Justin Partyka, documenting a deep-rooted but fragile agrarian community in East Anglia.
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08.04.10: Luther Thie & Kathrine Worel
Frontiers: On the Edge in Merced and MalibuOn Places, a portfolio of photographs by Luther Thie and Kathrine Worel, documenting houses and homes on the frontiers of the contemporary economic and environmental crises.
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07.08.10: Jerry Herron
Borderland/Borderama/Detroit: Part 3On Places, the third and final installment of "Borderland/Borderama/Detroit," an exploration of the rise and fall — and persistence — of Detroit, and what it means in American culture, by writer and historian Jerry Herron.
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07.07.10: Jerry Herron
Borderland/Borderama/Detroit: Part 2On Places, part 2 of "Borderland/Borderama/Detroit," an exploration of the rise and fall — and persistence — of Detroit, and what it means in American culture, by writer and historian Jerry Herron.
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07.06.10: Jerry Herron
Borderland/Borderama/Detroit: Part 1On Places, the first installment of "Borderland/Borderama/Detroit," an exploration of the rise and fall — and persistence — of Detroit, and what it means in American culture, by writer and historian Jerry Herron.
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06.02.10: Alejandro Bahamón & Maria Camila Sanjinés
Rematerial: From Waste to ArchitectureOn Places, Rematerial: From Waste to Architecture: a gallery of architecture projects constructed from discarded materials, ranging from recycled tires to repurposed refrigerators to the steel supports of a dismantled expressway.
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01.18.10: Nancy Levinson
The Public WorksWhy isn't the Great Recession inspiring a new New Deal? The essential dilemma, argues Places editor Nancy Levinson, is that we no longer believe in public sector solutions — or even in the public itself.
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10.20.09: Thomas Fisher
Fracture CriticalMuch U.S. infrastructure is "fracture critical" — vulnerable to catastrophic and systemic failure; Thomas Fisher argues that our finance, housing and energy systems are fracture-critical as well.
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09.27.09: Paho Mann & Nancy Levinson
Re-Inhabited Circle KsPhotographer Paho Mann focuses his camera on the "reinhabited" Circle Ks of Phoenix and Albuquerque — and finds a welcome dose of local commitment on the commercial strip.
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