Tiny House
Tent City, America
Places Journal
Tent cities are now so common that advocates are campaigning to make them semi-permanent settlements of micro-housing. But is this a genuine solution or a cheap fix?
Larimer and Orphan
Places Journal
Larimer Avenue at Orphan Street is not a postindustrial catastrophe. Just a corner that people have left alone for a long time.
Camp Code: How to Navigate a Refugee Settlement
Places Journal
What goes on inside a refugee camp? How is it organized? How does the temporary become permanent? A photo essay on a Palestinian camp in Lebanon.
Houston’s Quiet Revolution
Places Journal
A modern settlement house movement is brewing in Texas. Have organizers figured out the secret to reviving the immigrant dream?
The Occupation of 123 Delancey Street
Places Journal
How a band of “dirty little artists” liberated a vacant public building on the front lines of urban renewal, on the Lower East Side of New York City.
Notes Toward a History of Non-Planning
Places Journal
The argument about the strength of government and the freedom of the marketplace has been boiling for decades. It is more relevant than ever.