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Worldwatch | Josh Leon | Jul 30th, 2010 | Topic: Culture | Region: | Cities: |
World Watch columnist Josh Leon spent part of his summer in Shanghai. Here, a slideshow of images from his trip and his musings on global Shanghai’s urban aesthetic. (
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Rachel Somerstein | Jul 29th, 2010 | Topic: Governance | Region: South | Cities: New Orleans |
New Orleans police officers have been formally indicted for killing two unarmed people in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. (
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Vincent Valk | Jul 27th, 2010 | Topic: Infrastructure | Region: East Coast | Cities: New York |
Want to get on my nerves? Say this: “Now we have the Internet, so we no longer need to x,” where x is anything other than “balance a checkbook.” (
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City/Culture | Jeremy Rosenberg | Jul 26th, 2010 | Topic: Culture | Region: West Coast | Cities: Los Angeles, New York, San Diego |
In most cities – and smaller towns – public dollars go into creating a civic Independence Day fireworks display. In other words, an arts display; with culture as unifier. (
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Next American City | Jul 23rd, 2010 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Washington, D.C. |
RSVP now for a panel discussion at the National Building Museum about the new book, Moving to Opportunity: The Story of an American Experiment to Fight Ghetto Poverty. Panelists include Alan Berube, Susan Popkin, Roger Williams, Susan Wachter and Ira Harkavy.
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Next American City | Jul 22nd, 2010 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Philadelphia |
Next American City is pleased to announce John Cary as its first President & CEO, succeeding Editor in Chief & Publisher Diana Lind. (
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Christine Fisher | Jul 21st, 2010 | Topic: Infrastructure | Region: East Coast | Cities: New York, Washington, D.C. |
This month New York City and Washington D.C. make major strides toward installing infrastructure to support environmentally conscious transit. (
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Street Science | Jeanne Haffner | Jul 20th, 2010 | Topic: Economy | Region: | Cities: |
Jeanne Haffner talks with Eric Belsky, Director of the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University, to discuss the reliability of quantitative modeling in the wake of the mortgage crisis of 2008. (
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Maggie Tishman | Jul 19th, 2010 | Topic: Economy | Region: | Cities: Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix |
A new immigration-reform alliance is making promising strides in uniting business leaders and local politicians around a controversial issue. (
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Christine Fisher | Jul 15th, 2010 | Topic: Governance, Culture | Region: East Coast | Cities: Boston |
Boston announces Partnerships Advancing Communities Together, its new initiative to combat gang violence by working with the families and neighbors of 200 to 300 of the area’s most violent gang affiliates. (
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