Contemplative, Egalitarian, Expansive, Experimental, Fleeting, Improvised, Physical force, Power

Jane Jacobs was an urbanist, writer and activist, best known for her influential book The Death and Life of Great American Cities (1961), about the workings and failings of large cities. She criticized moderninst city planning and helped revive interest in old-fashioned neighbourhoods. Along

Architectural, Critical regionalism, Egalitarian, Urban

Few journalists have endeavored to crawl inside their subjects like Tom Wolfe. By applying the techniques, forms, and comic flare of fiction to the practice of reportage, he essentially created a new genre of writing. He gets inside people's heads, documenting almost every strange alcove of American

Eclectic, Egalitarian, Funny, Neo-ironic, New journalism & gonzo, Pioneering, Pop