Recommended Holiday Reading

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The holiday season often brings the precious gift of down-time. We have started to compile a list of books that we recommend you crack open by the fire side. Here we go:

The Death and Life of Great American Cities written by Jane Jacobs in 1964 to this day stands as the quintessential book on town planning. It's a critique of many of the prevailing trends in development/planning and vision for how and why we should think differently about the connection between the design of cities and the well-being of people who live in them.


The Great Neighborhood Book written by Jay Walljasper and published through the Project for Public Spaces is essentially a Do-It-Yourself guide book for improving your neighborhood. It's an unapologetic love story about the virtues of living in a strong community.


City Comforts written by David Sucher is a visual guide to the details, large and small, which make for livable neighborhood environments. The lessons to be learned from this book can be applied to all contexts: large cities and smaller towns alike.

Happy Reading! If you have suggestions of your, post a comment with your recommendations.