New Cities/New Soviets

July 01, 2004

Round-Up

run short of
fuel
for this here
blog-o-rama

so I'm planning
several new
directions
of
intentional travel
and expansion.

here's a round-up of new tangents

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1) The Theory of Rent
--there are a number of
important questions you just can't answer
without a grasp of rent economics

to prepare myself I'm digging into:
Capital, Volume III, Part VI -- Transformation of Surplus-Profit into Ground-Rent
and data-mining for NYC housing info


2) Socialist Architecture
-- reviewing and re-presenting
the work of past masters
and snappy thinkers

for starters:
Karel Teige and the "Minimum Dwelling"
Paolo Soleri


3) Contemporary Urban Theory
-- mostly kinda boojwah,
but important for maximum
communication; I'll praise or
punch as I see fit

first couple:
Jane Jacobs
Mike Davis


4) The Physics of Electromagnetism
-- I just really want to understand
the right-hand rule (or is it the left-hand rule?)

Posted by Sam at July 1, 2004 01:29 AM

go to it keeeeeed !

Posted by: pink at July 1, 2004 01:57 PM

whats up with the hypercity?

Posted by: eric blair at July 4, 2004 10:45 PM

hypercity -- ah yes. I work on it every day, but nothing is gelled yet. I'm starting to feel like brian wilson. Look out for my "dreamtime" post coming soon, it's related to the introduction for hypercity (which I may also post a draft of).

Posted by: sam at July 6, 2004 03:45 PM

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