Writing the City

Places author and “Writing the City” recipient Sam Bloch is under contract with Random House to expand his article on shade into a book.

A new collaboration between Columbia Journalism School and Places.

It’s a civic resource, an index of inequality, and a requirement for public health. Shade should be a mandate for urban designers.

Cheree Franco is the second recipient of the award for ambitious urban journalism, a collaboration between Places and Columbia Journalism School.