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Jan 27th, 2009 | Topic: | Region: Central | Cities: Atlanta, Miami, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh |
Two of the top ten cities for employment in 2009 are located in the state of Wisconsin. What gives? (
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Nov 19th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: Central | Cities: Milwaukee |
Our man in Milwaukee gives a fuller re-cap of the 24:Hrs Milwaukee tour. Highlights include:a walking tour, a boat ride, dancing, closing Wolski’s and waiting an extra hour for the sun to rise. (
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Oct 8th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: Central | Cities: Milwaukee |
What happens when you set out to experience a city in 24 straight hours, with no sleep? (
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Aug 27th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: |
High gas prices have put more people on bikes on the streets than ever before. But how to ensure that those who ride out of necessity, not choice, have a safe, enjoyable commute? (
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Jul 30th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: Central | Cities: Milwaukee |
Seven years after the opening of a bold cultural icon, how much has the Calatrava addition to the Milwaukee Art Museum changed the Brew City? How much can any one building really change a city?
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Jun 10th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: Central | Cities: Milwaukee |
Thanks to industrialized agriculture, there’s a wide gulf between those who produce food and those who consume it. Too many city-dwellers lack access to nutritious, non-processed foods. Urban agriculture promises to change that. (
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May 19th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: Central | Cities: Milwaukee |
After forty years in the statistical doldrums, what does Milwaukee make of a sudden, slight increase in population? Local expert and urban enthusiast Dave Steele reports. (
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Apr 24th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: Central | Cities: Milwaukee |
In an age when facts don’t matter, how do cities build the consensus to make big plans? In a public sphere heavily influenced by talk radio and other media outlets, such as local blogs, where there is no clear line between fact and opinion, where outright falsehoods are presented as legitimate opinions, the billons of dollars in investment in Milwaukee’s Deep Tunnel are now deemed a massive waste. (
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Apr 10th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: Central | Cities: Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee |
Richard Longworth wants you to know two things: First, globalization is happening and it will continue to change the world. Second, if you live in the Midwest, you’d better be very afraid about your region’s chances of competing in an increasingly “flat” world. (
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Mar 26th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: Central | Cities: Milwaukee |
An uproar over a statue of the 1970s TV icon says more about its city than any piece of public art could. (
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Thanks to industrialized agriculture, there’s a wide gulf between those who produce food and those who consume it. Too many city-dwellers lack access to nutritious, non-processed foods. Urban agriculture promises to change that. (keep reading…)
After forty years in the statistical doldrums, what does Milwaukee make of a sudden, slight increase in population? Local expert and urban enthusiast Dave Steele reports. (keep reading…)
In an age when facts don’t matter, how do cities build the consensus to make big plans? In a public sphere heavily influenced by talk radio and other media outlets, such as local blogs, where there is no clear line between fact and opinion, where outright falsehoods are presented as legitimate opinions, the billons of dollars in investment in Milwaukee’s Deep Tunnel are now deemed a massive waste. (keep reading…)
Richard Longworth wants you to know two things: First, globalization is happening and it will continue to change the world. Second, if you live in the Midwest, you’d better be very afraid about your region’s chances of competing in an increasingly “flat” world. (keep reading…)
An uproar over a statue of the 1970s TV icon says more about its city than any piece of public art could. (keep reading…)
