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== Posts from YC Research ==
 
Background: YCombinator Research, New Cities project announcement, 27 June 2016 [https://cities.ycr.org/blog/2016/07/27/new-cities https://cities.ycr.org/blog/2016/07/27/new-cities].
*[https://cities.ycr.org/blog/2016/07/27/new-cities Announcing New Cities], June 27, 2016
*[https://cities.ycr.org/blog/2016/10/25/welcome-ben Welcome Ben Huh!], October 25, 2016
*[https://medium.com/@benhuh/should-i-pursue-my-passion-or-business-76187b6b83fb#.qzyhxd67u Should I Pursue My Passion or Business?] by Ben Huh, October 25, 2016
 
== Posts about YCR New Cities Project ==
 
*[https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/25/challenges-face-former-cheezburger-ceo-joining-y-combinators-new-cities-project/ Challenges face former Cheezburger CEO joining Y Combinator’s New Cities project], posted Oct 25, 2016 by John Mannes on TechCrunch
== Helpful research to understand YCR New Cities Project ==
*[http://archinect.com/features/article/149976509/architects-if-you-don-t-start-disrupting-urbanism-silicon-valley-will-do-it-for-you Architects: If You Don't Start Disrupting Urbanism, Silicon Valley Will Do It for You.], posted November 7, 2016 by Fred Scharmen on Archinect
* '''Alexander, Christopher. ''[http://www.rudi.net/pages/8755 A city is not a tree]''. (1965).'''
 
* '''Mumford, Lewis. ''[https://www.amazon.com/City-History-Origins-Transformations-Prospects/dp/0156180359The City in History]'' '''(1961; based on ''The Culture of Cities,'' 1938). (Also see [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_City_in_History Wikipedia])
== HelpfulReadings researchsuggested to understand/for YCR New Cities Project ==
* '''Mumford, Lewis. ''[http://www.contemporaryurbananthropology.com/pdfs/Mumford,%20What%20is%20a%20City_.pdf What is a City?]'' '''' article in ''Architectural Record'', 1937.
 
* '''Jacobs, Jane. ''[http://www.miguelangelmartinez.net/IMG/pdf/1961_Jacobs_TheUsesofSidewalksby_chapter.pdf The Death and Life of Great American Cities]''. (1961).'''
* '''Alexander, Christopher. ''[http://www.rudi.net/pages/8755 A city is not a tree]''. (1965).  '''[suggested by [http://yimby.wiki/User:Matinbarner Matin Barner]]
* '''Townsend, Anthony M. [https://www.amazon.com/Smart-Cities-Civic-Hackers-Utopia/dp/0393349780/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1477768303&sr=8-1&keywords=townsend+smart+city Smart Cities: Big Data, Civic Hackers, and the Quest for a New Utopia]. (2014)'''
* '''Mumford, Lewis. ''[https://www.amazon.com/City-History-Origins-Transformations-Prospects/dp/0156180359The City in History]'' '''(1961; based on ''The Culture of Cities,'' 1938). (Also see [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_City_in_History Wikipedia])
* '''Mumford, Lewis. ''[http://www.contemporaryurbananthropology.com/pdfs/Mumford,%20What%20is%20a%20City_.pdf What is a City?]'' '''' article in ''Architectural Record'', 1937.<br/> [suggested by Tim McCormick]
* '''Jacobs, Jane. ''[http://www.miguelangelmartinez.net/IMG/pdf/1961_Jacobs_TheUsesofSidewalksby_chapter.pdf The Death and Life of Great American Cities]''. (1961).'''
* '''Townsend, Anthony M. [https://www.amazon.com/Smart-Cities-Civic-Hackers-Utopia/dp/0393349780/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1477768303&sr=8-1&keywords=townsend+smart+city Smart Cities: Big Data, Civic Hackers, and the Quest for a New Utopia]. (2014)'''<br/> [suggested by Fedor Novikov]
 
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