In the News – Anthony Flint, author

I am called upon from time to time to impart wisdom, and my work is cited in the media.

Vacant homes would be taxed at higher rate under city plan Honolulu Civil Beat | May 19, 2023
Will States Force Localities to Build Affordable Housing? Route Fifty | May 17, 2023

On Route 128, a History of Constant Innovation Banker & Tradesman | September 11, 2022

Here’s why you should support that new building going up in your neighborhood Apartment Therapy | July 22, 2020
Government, land policy, and affordable housing Doublewides Dude podcast | May 13, 2020
Working from home is taking a toll on our backs and necks Wall Street Journal | May 13, 2020
Newton wakes up to the dark side of America’s housing laws The Boston Globe | February 21, 2020

Duplexes are the next teardown target The Boston Globe | July 24, 2019
LA Council calls for vacant properties tax Law360 | June 12, 2019

The Boston that never was WGBH Boston Public Radio | December 12, 2018
Amplifying the value of planning Planning | October 10, 2018
This year’s big idea: unlocking the value of land Planning | October 15, 2018
Podcast interview Human City | September 4, 2018
Cities Hope for Big Benefits from Tiny Houses The Wall Street Journal | June 27, 2018

Can in-law apartments help ease the housing crisis? The Boston Globe | November 30, 2017
‘Citizen Jane’ follows the woman who helped save American Cities The Boston Globe | June 1, 2017
Coming soon: Trump’s infrastructure plan Planetizen | May 11, 2017
City books for non-planning nerds Planetizen | April 24, 2017
Cities striking out on their own in Trump era San Diego Tribune | April 21, 2017
Review: Jacobs and Moses Star in “Citizen Jane: Battle for the City” The New York Times | April 19, 2017
Trump raises the stakes for urban journalism Planetizen | April 13, 2017
Le Corbusier. Życie i dzieło ikony modernizmu Forum BizNesu (Poland) | February 14, 2017

Review: It’s Jane Jacobs’s World We Live in The New York Times | September 22, 2016
Are you better off living in a new neighborhood? The Boston Globe | September 16, 2016
Jane Jacobs: Saving Greenwich Village The Bowery Boys Podcast | March 18, 2016
How Urban Renewal Drives Boston’s 21st-century Feel New Boston Post | March 16, 2016

TEDxBeaconStreet Interview TEDXBeaconStreet December 2, 2015
Town has options for affordable housing and land use planning Brookline Tab| October 14, 2015
Help Brookline continue a legacy of planning Brookline Tab | September 24, 2015
Brookline residents share expertise in lecture series The Boston Globe | September 10, 2015
Book Review: Designed for the Future by Jared Green The New Geography | August 13, 2015
Many American cities are smaller than they used to be, so why do they feel so full? Vox | July 12, 2015
Thanks to social change, urban density ain’t what it used to be Grist | July 8, 2015
Le Corbusier, la espuma de sus días El Mundo | February 20, 2015
Modern Man: The Life of Le Corbusier, Architect of Tomorrow Library Journal Reviews | February 13, 2015
Modern Man, Briefly Noted The New Yorker | February 2, 2015

BRA says building boom to continue in 2015 The Boston Globe | December 31, 2014
Book review: Modern Man: The Life of Le Corbusier The Washington Post | December 19, 2014
Top 10 Books 2015 Planetizen | December 9, 2014
Books for the design buff on your holiday list San Francisco Chronicle | December 8, 2014
Gift guide: Books about architecture San Francisco Chronicle | November 28, 2014
Presentation at The Skyscraper Museum The Skyscraper Museum | December 4, 2014
The Ecology of Modernism The Economist | November 15, 2014
Like It Or Not, Architect Le Corbusier’s Urban Designs Are Everywhere NPR Weekend Edition Sunday | November 2, 2014
Weekend Show preview 11.2.14 DC | October 31, 2014
Did Leaders Learn Sandy’s Lessons? US1/PrincetonInfo | October 22, 2014
Modern Man: The Life of Le Corbusier, Architect of Tomorrow Publishers Weekly | October 6, 2014
Modern Man by Anthony Flint Kirkus Reviews | September 18, 2014
Medieval Modernist First Things | July 15, 2014

Metropolis Magazine Year in Review 2013 | December, 2013
Oh, what might have been: Gandolfini as the Tony Soprano of urban planning WBEZ/Lee Bey Beyond the Boat Tour | June 24, 2013
Boston Personalities Recall Gandolfini The Boston Globe | June 21, 2013
Gandolfini as Robert Moses: The Dream Role He Never Got to Play The New Republic | June 21, 2013
Housing the Coming Billions in Cities TEDxBeaconStreet | February 14, 2013

Development across Boston Boston Public Radio/WGBH | July 24, 2012

Interview on the 50th anniversary of the publication of The Death and Life of American Cities The Callie Crossley Show, WGBH-FM Boston | November 17, 2011
Urban Outfitter The New Republic | November 9, 2011
Critics and Designers Pick Their Favorite Public Spaces Planetizen | October 6, 2011
TED lecture series spans local offshoot TEDxTampaBay, St. Petersburg Times | July 15, 2011
TEDx Tampa Bay April 22, 2011
New York Times Sunday Book Review Paperback Row | March 13, 2011
Interview The Dennis Miller Show | March 8, 2011
Conn College speaker says ‘smart growth’ key to better cities The Day | March 5, 2011
Cities, towns eye boost from tax-exempt nonprofits The Lowell Sun | January 3, 2011

Best Books of 2010 The Blanket Fort | December 19, 2010
Reflections on Jane and Bob Harvard University Graduate School of Design | December 10, 2010
An urbanists gift book list The Charlotte Observer | December 2, 2010
Page 15 Staff Favorites Page 15 | December 1, 2010
What Caro Left Out, FYI/Readers Questions The New York Times | August 13, 2010
Summer reading picks Brattleboro Reformer | July 15, 2010
Gentrification and Its Discontents The Atlantic Monthly | May 15, 2010
Interview with Stephen Goldsmith, Editor of What We See Gothamist | May 14, 2010
Museum of the City of New York Announces May and June Events BroadwayWorld.com | April 30, 2010
Marvin Olasky | World Magazine | March 27, 2010
Interview with Anthony Flint American Society of Landscape Architect January 10, 2010

The lady who saved Greenwich Village Providence Journal | December 24, 2009
WGBH-TV Boston, Greater Boston’s Holiday Books selection December 16, 2009
Susan Diesenhouse, Going Rogue Real Estate Bisnow | December 11, 2009
David Brussat, Review: Wrestling wth Moses Providence Journal | December 9, 2009
Paul Goldberger, The Ten Most Positive Architectural Events of 2009 The New Yorker | December 9, 2009
J.M. Cornwall, Wrestling with Moses The Celebrity Cafe | October 19, 2009
Interview with Doug Muzzio on City Talk with Doug Muzzio CUNY-TV New York | October, 2009
How green is Indianapolis? The Indianapolis Star | October 7, 2009
Making the Rounds, by Kathleen Hay Standard Freeholder | September 29, 2009
Remembering Jane Jacobs, Matthew Continetti The Weekly Standard | September 16, 2009
Mother Courage, Christopher Turner The Guardian | September 12, 2009
Jane Jacobs over Robert Moses: The Victory That Keeps On Giving, Jane Holtz Kay, Citiwire | September 11, 2009
Interview on CBC’s Radio Q | August 25, 2009
Interview with Joe Donahue on The Roundtable WAMC/Northeast Public Radio | August 24, 2009
Wrestling With Moses: How We Saw Our Cities Anew, interview with Leanne Hansen, Weekend Edition National Public Radio | August 9, 2009
Wrestling with Moses, interview on The Leonard Lopate Show WNYC-FM | August 7, 2009

Lecture series aims to help residents with new economy The Newburyport Daily News Online | September 30, 2008
Slighted suburbia: Columbia’s oldest suburbs getting new attention The (Columbia, S.C.) State | March 30, 2008
No Big Dig copycats The Boston Globe | March 14, 2008
Boston has high hopes now that the Dig is done The New York Times | February 24, 2008
Empty nesters flocking to inner city Lancaster Sunday News | January 27, 2008
Money on the house The Philadelphia Inquirer | January 13, 2008

Selectman’s vision is not shared by all The Boston Globe | December 13, 2007
Second life as urban hipsters Philadelphia Inquirer | November 27, 2007
Sky’s the limit for urban living in Texas, and beyond USA Today | October 4, 2007
Sprawl exceeds reach of hydrants USA Today | August 24, 2007
SouthField: New development pattern The Patriot Ledger | May 5, 2007
Sustainable City The Urbanite Magazine/Baltimore

How Will the USA Cope with Unprecedented Growth by Haya El Nasser USA Today | October 27, 2006
Story on the Katrina Cottage Christian Science Monitor | October 2, 2006
Interview in design:e2 (the economies of being environmentally conscious), a six-part series on green building narrated by Brad Pitt PBS
Sprawled Out, interview with Dena Burke | Real Change News
WGBH Forum Network, audio and video links
Q & A with author Anthony Flint, interview on Smart Growth America
Street Smarts, interview with David Roberts | Grist
Author finds Sprawl isn’t the Be-All and End-All The Oregonian | July 2, 2006
A Calm Voice in the Crossfire over Sprawl: John King San Francisco Chronicle | June 6, 2006
To Survive, We Have to Stop Dancing with Dinosaurs Chrono.com | June 19, 2006

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