Category Archives: Culture

What would happen if we let gated communities thrive?

Posted on December 23, 1996 by urbanrenaissanceinst

(December 23, 1996) We’d return to our roots. For generations, cities great and small have used gates to identify specific neighborhoods and to establish a sense of place. To pick Toronto examples, three older gated areas — Palmerston Avenue, Fairview Boulevard and Wychwood Park — are city jewels that command high real estate values. Continue reading →

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Book reviews

Posted on December 21, 1996 by urbanrenaissanceinst

(December 21, 1996) Ashes to Ashes: America’s Hundred-Year Cigarette War, the Public Health, and the Unabashed Triumph of Philip Morris. Continue reading →

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The Next City Discussion Group, Making art that matters (part 2)

Posted on September 21, 1996 by urbanrenaissanceinst

(September 21, 1996) Letters and Responses – Andrew Coyne really hit the nail on the head. I buy original art, but I can decide for myself what culture I’ll pay for, and I don’t see why I should support it through my taxes. Continue reading →

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The Next City Discussion Group – Making art that matters(Part 1)

Posted on September 21, 1996 by urbanrenaissanceinst

(September 21, 1996) “We work in the dark,” Henry James wrote in The Middle Years, “we do what we can — we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.” Continue reading →

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Book reviews

Posted on September 21, 1996 by urbanrenaissanceinst

(September 21, 1996) Traditional morality has been eroding since the 1920s. But even as the grasp of right and wrong has weakened in the social sciences and humanities, evolutionary biology is laying the foundations of a new body of natural law. Good Natured is a cornerstone in this edifice. Continue reading →

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