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Russian edition of CITIES ARE GOOD FOR YOU
Here is a Google translate version of the review of my books that I found here: http://strelka.com/ru/magazine/2015/09/24/review-leo-hollis-cities-are-good-for-you In September, the publishing house...
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The forgotten casualties and hidden health problems of gentrification
Do we really understand the impact of gentrification? The term was first used in the 1950s by sociologist Ruth Glass to describe the regeneration of post-war Bethnal Green in east London – today,...
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Introduction to the Russian edition
The first time I visited Moscow was in September 2013, at the kind invitation of the Strelka Institute. [ the talk can be seen here: http://vimeo.com/79883918] It was my first encounter with a city...
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The Fall of London: Enclosure, Privatization, Expulsion
In a series of 3 short articles, I want to look at what I see as the current dynamic happening in London: Enclosure, Privatization and Expulsion. These three processes combine together. It is a system...
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The Fall of London pt.2: Privatization
This is the second part of a series of essays on the process of transformation in the city today. the first essay looked at: Enclosure: . Here we look at how – once enclosure has happened, it goes hand...
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Bristol Festival of the city
Last autumn I attended the the Bristol festival of the city. Find here a link to an interview I did with the organisers:
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The Fall of London Pt3: Expulsion
Following on from the two previous parts – Enclosure, and Privatization – this final part takes in the third and essential part of the process of the current transformation of London. Having marked off...
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The Loss of Light
There is currently a campaign against the redevelopment of the Bishopgate Goodsyard in Shoreditch. Ironically this spot of ground,has always bee a problem. Originally devised as a passenger railway...
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In Praise of Street Corners
In 1969, William H Whyte, the author and former editor of Fortune magazine, started a new job at the New York Planning Department. Previously, Whyte had made his name in the 1950s with a controversial...
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The difference between observing and measuring the City
One way to divide up the sheep and goats of the Urbanist community is to divide them up between those who learnt the city by observation, watching the city as it actually is, and the measurers: those...
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