A brief post, to flag up a wonderful opportunity to get under the skin of The Death and Life of Great American Cities, written in 1961 by Jane Jacobs.
City Builder Book Club » Mary Rowe on the Introduction: Why you will read and reread this book.
A brief post, to flag up a wonderful opportunity to get under the skin of The Death and Life of Great American Cities, written in 1961 by Jane Jacobs.
City Builder Book Club » Mary Rowe on the Introduction: Why you will read and reread this book.
How do you measure the child-friendliness of a neighbourhood? Here’s one test. Would you, as a parent of an 8-year-old child living in that neighbourhood, let your child make their own way to a shop and buy a popsicle (or any variety of ice-cream) – and could your child get the frozen treat back home before it melted?
I’m en route to Australia, where I’ll be giving talks to childcare agencies and children’s rights bodies, working with public health officials, and networking with child-friendly city projects. And I’m looking to you, my readers, for your ideas about how to make the trip more worthwhile. Continue reading
Posted in Mobility, Outdoor play, Public policy, Risk, Urbanism
Tagged Australia, child-friendly cities, nature, outdoor play, planning policy, Risk, urban design
Posted in Outdoor play, Play spaces, Public space
Tagged child-friendly cities, playable space, public space, Walthamstow, Wood St
We only had ten or twelve people take part over the two days, but I’m still buzzing after last weekend’s Open House play space tours. Why?
Posted in Outdoor play, Public space, Urbanism
Tagged Camden, child-friendly cities, EC1, London, neighbourhood, Open House, outdoor play, play space, playground, public space, urban design
Back in Walthamstow after some time away, we discover that today the Council has opened a refurbished square in our local shopping street. As you can see from the photo, it includes a row of fountains.
Posted in Outdoor play, Play spaces, Public space
Tagged child-friendly cities, public space, Walthamstow, Wood St