Was curious to see what this former NYC chief urban designer had to say about New York and urban planning in general. It was fascinating stuff:
Alexandros Washburn is knowledgeable and well-spoken, so I went down a rabbit hole and listened to more of his earlier stuff about NYC. It’s a long lecture, mostly about the history of Manhattan and why things are the way they are. I couldn’t listen to the whole thing (I got to work today too), but I found out he has a couple of books to, here’s one of them.
Good stuff. I love it when days start with a good learning experience such as this.