City Builder Book Club
Welcome to the City Builder Book Club! Starting on Wednesday, February 1st, there will be a reading of The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs. They would love to have you join them! Check out the schedule on their website here.
Staff of the Centre for City Ecology and Creative Urban Projects will blog about the book each week. They will also have guest posts from urbanists, architects, town planners, designers, academics, and city builders of all kinds. On Fridays, members of the mailing list will receive a weekly wrap-up of the posts and discussions about that week's chapters, as well as a selection of related materials highlighted by the Toronto Public Library.
In this book, Jane Jacobs demonstrates the value of the experiences of people who live and work in cities. You are welcome to strengthen the discussion of this book by joining the conversation on their blog, on Facebook, and on Twitter. Your experience in your own city is a valuable part of this conversation about what makes a city welcoming and vibrant.
If you don't yet have a copy of The Death and Life of Great American Cities, you can:
* Buy it in Toronto from Swipe Design: Books + Objects
* Borrow it from the Toronto Public Library
They will be reading chapter by chapter rather than page by page, so you will be able to follow along no matter whether you have a crisp new copy of the recently released 50th Anniversary Edition or an older much-loved, creased and highlighted copy!
Categories: Community Engagement, Conferences, Lectures and Discussions, Ideas
