Comments on: A Walk with Richard Sennett

By: Claire Weisz

Claire Weisz — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:28:25 +0000

Agreeing with Richard Sennett doesn’t soothe enough to worry that he is lulling me along with what is essentially a nostalgic position on this particular neighborhood. I’d love to see him do a walk around a neighborhood less touched by the angels of preservation – sunset park, brownsville and others and see what he thinks is at stake there. We are at a moment where many in urban design have been working at the micro/detail scale for the last half decade or so and some of it is starting to have an impact.

By: Sachin Soni

Sachin Soni — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 10:05:17 +0000

I think, Mr. Sennett has touched upon very essentials of urban existence like speed, touch and the extent you can reach something – porosity. Realizing the consequences of ecological disaster, the nature of urbanity has to change; the way it has been changing ever since.

By: Natasha Rosow

Natasha Rosow — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:18:06 +0000

i love this piece. sennett soothes. in such a beautifully thought-provoking and insightful way. with a little help from the imagery, no doubt… thanks urban omnibus!

By: Craig Brookins

Craig Brookins — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:14:38 +0000

Stimulating video! As a biologist, I truly appreciate Mr. Sennet’s comments on porosity and the ambiguity of boundaries. The sponge anatomy is essentially pores which welcomes the external environment to interact with the internal environment. Neither environment is defeated by the boundary.

By: Leslie Jill Hanson

Leslie Jill Hanson — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:43:27 +0000

poetic, topical, thought provoking- thank you!

By: Don Wolfberg

Don Wolfberg — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:04:37 +0000

Thank you for this video — as a native New Yorker, I agreed with everything that Richard Sennett said.