Telling the Story of Cities
by Wagner Planner Editors Articles included in the Spring 2017 issue share a common thread — they offer perspectives on planning’s intersection with politics. As aspiring practitioners, we are constantly provoked to question the role of the planner: are we facilitators, developers, technocrats, or mediators? And, in all these roles, we wrestle with identifying the… Read more Perspectives: Spring 2017 Issue
by PlannerAdmin As planners, our backgrounds, skills, and areas of interest are wide-ranging, from affordable housing finance to transportation infrastructure to environmental analysis. We work across private, public, and non-profit sectors, and often at their intersection. Our peers are watching and acting on some of the most important emerging questions in our world today: how… Read more I Know What You Did Last Summer: MUP 2s Reflect on their Summer Internship Experiences
by Max Weselcouch By many metrics, cities are thriving. Over 50 percent of the world’s population lives in cities and the population of many U.S. cities has begun to rebound after decades of decline. The fact that cities are growing can in many ways be viewed as a triumph of urban planning: shared bicycle systems,… Read more Intro: Inequality
by Anonymous Put down your e-reader, unplug your Beats, and stop playing Candy Crush. Assuming that people are happier when they are in love and there are 5.5 million daily riders, why not find love on the L? With the increased number of people using public transit, the potential of finding love on a subway… Read more Love on the L Train
by Alex Powell The rent is too damn high! Without possessing an increasingly endangered rent stabilized apartment, what New Yorker can’t get behind that slogan? Who wouldn’t support a mayoral contender who campaigns on building 200,000 units of affordable housing over the next decade? The housing crisis in New York City is arguably the most… Read more The Rent is Too Damn High