DrHGuy’s Cyber-Bookmarks: October 24, 2006
A sporadically promulgated annotated listing of arguably worthwhile, recently published online reading, new or revised websites of potential utility or ostensible interest, and other internet-accessible experiences that, were it not for the casually collected, cavalierly collated, & capriciously collocated components comprising these posts, would be easy to overlook - which would be, in some cases, a shame
Readings
A Tale of Several Cities by Julia Vitullo-Martin (Originally published in the subscription-required WSJ October 20, 2006 but now available from other sources). A provocative piece that speculates on the historic reasons, in the author’s opinion, for the contrasting characteristics of major U.S. cities, especially Philadelphia and Boston. As evidence of the “provocative” label, I offer Walking the Mean Streets of the Sixth Boro, the 21 Oct 2006 post in the Skyline Online blog of Inga Saffron, the architecture critic for the Philadelphia Inquirer (don’t miss the Comments) and Does Culture Explain Urban Development? from the 20 Oct 2006 post in the Economist’s View blog.
