Tangentially Pynchon. see today's Google Doodle

[Mark Kohut]

David,

There is a deep strain of human-sized, freedom-embracing, non-top-down,
self-organizing activities which
have been written about even here as 'anarchism'. See the anarchist dance
in Lot 49.

Jacob's vision of city life has been seen under these concepts by many for
a long time: Here is the estimable
Richard Sennet for one: As Jane Jacobs points out, high concentration of
dwelling units per acre and high land coverage are essential to the ...
1969), and the appreciative review by Richard Sennett, “The Anarchism of Jane
Jacobs,” New York Review of Books ...

There are scores more which I am not hunting down. it is her vision of
urban living, and parts of mumford's which might relate
them to Pynchon and are what I was referring to.

On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 4:12 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> Jane Jacobs was in no way connected to anarchism, but, like Mumford, she
> was a proponent of urban living, as are most architects just about
> anywhere...
>
> David Morris
>
> On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 2:32 PM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> about urban theorist Jane Jacobs. Read up and see that
>> she shared many notions with Lewis Mumford, discussed a lot
>> here on the List. Her ideas of a vibrant diverse 'anarchic' street
>> and storefront life might dovetail with many of P's meanings of anarchic
>> goodness.
>>
>> Remember that she lived in Greenwich Village, near Barthelme (therefore
>> Pynchon) I believe and Grace Paley and her husband
>> most of the time TRP was supposed to have
>> lived there. I think.
>>
>> Everything connects.
>>
>
>
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