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Environment as Politics
Places Journal
A visual study of the relation between residential density and voting behavior in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
Watermark: Along the California Aqueduct
Places Journal
The extraordinary achievement of modern California — the transformation of a semi-arid region into an abundant and prosperous place — has produced a wicked tangle of problems.
Beyond Zuccotti Park: Making the Public
Places Journal
In the wake of Occupy Wall Street, we need to focus on the making of the public as an engaged citizenry.
The Interventionist’s Toolkit: 3
Places Journal
How do we judge the success of DIY tactics — of ephemeral works that skirt the edges of activist art and community organizing?
No More Play
Places Journal
Los Angeles is on the brink of a crucial transformation — and at a point where the very word city no longer applies.
The Interventionist’s Toolkit: 2
Places Journal
DIY urbanists are making ingenious use of print media to spur urban activism — and sometimes revolution.
Tahrir Square: Social Media, Public Space
Places Journal
It wasn’t the Facebook revolution. An urban historian in Cairo argues that the occupation of public space was vital to the Arab Spring.
Detroit: Syncopating an Urban Landscape
Places Journal
Projects by artists, architects, and activists who are reshaping the abandoned landscapes of Detroit.
An Interview with James Turrell
Places Journal
From the first issue of Places: a 1983 interview with James Turrell, then beginning his transformation of the Roden Crater. The monumental work opened to the public in 2012.
A Nation of Walls
Places Journal
An artist-activist catalogues the physical remnants and political legacies of “segregation walls,” unassuming bits of racist infrastructure that hide in plain sight in American neighborhoods.
Architectural Workers
Places Journal
An architectural educator talks about her life as an activist, about unionization and the design profession, and about cofounding The Architecture Lobby.