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Jessica Cronstein

Jessica Cronstein is a designer and writer interested in the point at which the social, cultural and physical growth of a city intersect. She has just completed her M.Arch at Rice University and lives in New York City.

Recap | Megacities and Meta-Cities

How to teach a new generation of urban designers the tactics and strategies of a discipline that is still finding its feet?
Jessica Cronstein • Mar 14, 2012

#whOWNSpace

The idea was to allow for more light and air in dense, vertical areas, and to have developers give back to the city a little bit for what they were gaining by building bigger. But vague rules led to the creation of inaccessible, inhospitable spaces with little or no public benefit.
Architecture
Jessica Cronstein, Mercedes Kraus, and Max Podemski • Nov 29, 2011

This Weekend: Red Hook Film Festival

Urbanism-themed cinema fans in New York this weekend is the Red Hook International Film and Video Festival.
Jessica Cronstein • Oct 14, 2011

Recap | New York Next

Jessica Cronstein • Sep 21, 2011