Shadow City Council
Calls for greater transparency at the Tel Aviv Municipality have met with limited success, while key parts of the city’s decision-making process remain concealed from the public.
About this blog
I created this blog in 2008 as a platform for expressing ideas and displaying my work to the world. The front page of the site functions as a blog, with new material updated regularly. Think of it as a kind of weekly magazine.
The other pages contain an archive of my work as a writer, blogger and freelance journalist. The Fugee Fridays pages contain information about a volunteer initiative that I coordinate.
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Featured Articles
Tel Aviv Approves Affordable Housing Plan
After over two years of study and deliberation - and rising rents - the city finally has a plan.
Out of the Ruins, A More Sustainable Haiti?
Matt Petersen of Global Green, and a handful of other organizations, are working to make sure it happens.
Is Dongtan History – Or the Future?
China's flagship zero-carbon city has thus far failed to materialize. But that doesn't mean it never will, says its planner.
Work Begins on Amman BRT Having already begun to reclaim its sidewalks for pedestrians, the Jordanian capital is now setting out to reclaim its streets from traffic chaos.
Scandal Topples Giants, Buildings Remain A massive corruption scandal has implicated some very senior people in Israel and cast doubt on plans to reform the planning system.
Public Invited to Help Redesign Tel Aviv Boardwalk But neither the process nor the plan could satisfy everyone.
Above it All With tall buildings poised to overrun the skylines of Israeli cities, little thought is being given to critical design issues.
