New Cities YCombinator Research readings
Posts from YC Research
- Announcing New Cities, June 27, 2016
- Welcome Ben Huh!, October 25, 2016
- Should I Pursue My Passion or Business? by Ben Huh, October 25, 2016
Posts about YCR New Cities Project
- Challenges face former Cheezburger CEO joining Y Combinator’s New Cities project, posted Oct 25, 2016 by John Mannes on TechCrunch
- Architects: If You Don't Start Disrupting Urbanism, Silicon Valley Will Do It for You., posted November 7, 2016 by Fred Scharmen on Archinect
Readings suggested to/for YCR New Cities Project
- Alexander, Christopher. A city is not a tree. (1965). [suggested by Matin Barner]
- Mumford, Lewis. City in History (1961; based on The Culture of Cities, 1938). (Also see Wikipedia)
- Mumford, Lewis. What is a City? ' article in Architectural Record, 1937.
[suggested by Tim McCormick] - Jacobs, Jane. The Death and Life of Great American Cities. (1961).
- Townsend, Anthony M. Smart Cities: Big Data, Civic Hackers, and the Quest for a New Utopia. (2014)
[suggested by Fedor Novikov]