Before Sidewalk Labs targeted Toronto for its "smart city" project, it found 1,307 acres of land near downtown Detroit where its team believed they could carry out their utopian vision. There was just one problem.
CONSIDER THE CITY The nature of cities and their relative importance in modern society is dealt with from a variety of perspectives in these upcoming urban reads. Cities Matter: A Montrealer’s Ode to Jane Jacobs, Economist Charles-Albert Ramsay Baraka Books, Oct. Montreal economist Charles-Albert Ramsay examines the economic writings of noted urbanist Jane Jacobs and