It's back! Did you miss it? Hooray for Weekend Reading.ITEM ONE: First things first -- Jane Jacobs' birthday is coming up this Sunday. In her honor several cities around the US and Canada are hosting "Jane's Walks," free guided neighborhood tours. Whether or not you are living in a Jane's Walks city, make sure to get out and stroll around your neighborhood at some point this weekend.
ITEM TWO: Attributos Urbanos presents an awesomely thorough glossary of contemporary urbanism terminology. (via atlas(t))
ITEM THREE: CEOS for Cities on how homogeneity hurts innovation.
ITEM FOUR: NASA releases spectacular high-res images of cities at night, seen from outer space. (via The Map Room)
ITEM FIVE: Straightforward title for a great Planetizen post: Neighborhoods Are Building Blocks of Civic Life.
ITEM SIX: Jetson Green takes a look at deconstruction (material salvaging) and the green benefits. Video included!
ITEM SEVEN: We'll wrap up with some more watchable goodness. 'But it's supposed to be reading,' you say? Rules are made to be broken. Check out Peter Zumthor discussing his absolutely brilliant thermal baths in Vals (pictured).
(Photo from Flickr user Bau TW. The original full-color version can be viewed by clicking the photo.)
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