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Diana Lind | Next American City | Jan 30th, 2012 | Topic: Governance | Region: Midwest | Cities: Chicago |
Last week, David Axelrod, a senior adviser to President Obama, announced that after the 2012 election season he’ll return to Chicago to run a political institute at the University of Chicago. The program will have a focus on “urban politics” — what should be on the syllabus? (
keep reading…)
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Sana Venjara | Next American City | Jan 27th, 2012 | Topic: Culture | Region: East Coast | Cities: New York |
A decade after 9/11, Muslims in New York face new levels of discrimination. The revelation last year that thousands of NYPD officers-in-training viewed an intensely anti-Islamic video raised new questions about the city’s fear culture, and how it continuous to alienate and inflame Muslim communities. (
keep reading…)
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Roger Valdez | Crosscut | Jan 27th, 2012 | Topic: Built Environment | Region: West Coast | Cities: Seattle |
Plans to rezone one Seattle neighborhood have community leaders locked in a heated debated over 25 feet of building height. Roger Valdez of Crosscut unpacks four arguments that opponents of the density-friendly project have been hurling at developers, politicians and journalists alike. (
keep reading…)
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Richey Piiparinen | Rustwire | Jan 26th, 2012 | Topic: Built Environment | Region: Midwest | Cities: Cleveland |
A big-box retailer wants to open a branch in the Cleveland suburb of Strongsville. Supportive politicos say it won’t bring the harm that most chains do, however, because it doesn’t resemble a typical megastore. Richey Piiparinen explains why they’re wrong—and points a finger at the sprawl lobby. (
keep reading…)
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Alex Ihnen| nextSTL | Jan 26th, 2012 | Topic: Infrastructure | Region: Midwest | Cities: St. Louis |
An expensive plan to redevelop the area surrounding the most defining feature of St. Louis claims to have pedestrian accessibility in mind. Why, then, does it call to eliminate crucial walkways? And why aren’t the local media vetting it accordingly? (
keep reading…)
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Matt Bevilacqua | Next American City | Jan 26th, 2012 | Topic: Economy | Region: | Cities: |
Industry doesn’t progress as a single unit. Oftentimes, a particular field will thrive or stagnate depending on which city you’re talking about. Now an interactive map from the Urban Institute shows how different sectors are faring in different American cities—and yields some interesting factoids. (
keep reading…)
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Matt Caywood | Greater Greater Washington | Jan 25th, 2012 | Topic: Built Environment | Region: East Coast | Cities: Washington, D.C. |
While they may delight wonks aesthetically, ink-on-paper transit maps don’t convey all that they could in today’s digital age. Luckily, one University of Florida professor did a study to find out what real-time information bus riders and straphangers could use to make their commutes easier. (
keep reading…)
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Yonah Freemark | Jan 25th, 2012 | Topic: Infrastructure | Region: | Cities: |
In our third post today on the State of the Union, Yonah Freemark of
The Transport Politic assess the odds of to what extent infrastructure will improve on a national level this year. What he concludes isn’t promising: The Obama administration appears to have scaled back its plans. (
keep reading…)
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Matt Bevilacqua | Next American City | Jan 25th, 2012 | Topic: Governance, Economy | Region: | Cities: |
Last night President Obama said that the federal government should do what it can to bring outsourced manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. Around the country, cities have already begun creating these sorts of jobs where none existed before. And they are incorporating one crucial new component: sustainability. (
keep reading…)
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Diana Lind | Next American City | Jan 25th, 2012 | Topic: Governance | Region: East Coast | Cities: Washington, D.C. |
President Obama’s vision for the United States updates the American Dream with old rhetoric. Isn’t it time to recognize that 21st-century values need to be different than ones of the past? (
keep reading…)
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Last week, David Axelrod, a senior adviser to President Obama, announced that after the 2012 election season he’ll return to Chicago to run a political institute at the University of Chicago. The program will have a focus on “urban politics” — what should be on the syllabus? (keep reading…)
A decade after 9/11, Muslims in New York face new levels of discrimination. The revelation last year that thousands of NYPD officers-in-training viewed an intensely anti-Islamic video raised new questions about the city’s fear culture, and how it continuous to alienate and inflame Muslim communities. (keep reading…)
Plans to rezone one Seattle neighborhood have community leaders locked in a heated debated over 25 feet of building height. Roger Valdez of Crosscut unpacks four arguments that opponents of the density-friendly project have been hurling at developers, politicians and journalists alike. (keep reading…)
A big-box retailer wants to open a branch in the Cleveland suburb of Strongsville. Supportive politicos say it won’t bring the harm that most chains do, however, because it doesn’t resemble a typical megastore. Richey Piiparinen explains why they’re wrong—and points a finger at the sprawl lobby. (keep reading…)
An expensive plan to redevelop the area surrounding the most defining feature of St. Louis claims to have pedestrian accessibility in mind. Why, then, does it call to eliminate crucial walkways? And why aren’t the local media vetting it accordingly? (keep reading…)
Industry doesn’t progress as a single unit. Oftentimes, a particular field will thrive or stagnate depending on which city you’re talking about. Now an interactive map from the Urban Institute shows how different sectors are faring in different American cities—and yields some interesting factoids. (keep reading…)
While they may delight wonks aesthetically, ink-on-paper transit maps don’t convey all that they could in today’s digital age. Luckily, one University of Florida professor did a study to find out what real-time information bus riders and straphangers could use to make their commutes easier. (keep reading…)
In our third post today on the State of the Union, Yonah Freemark of The Transport Politic assess the odds of to what extent infrastructure will improve on a national level this year. What he concludes isn’t promising: The Obama administration appears to have scaled back its plans. (keep reading…)
Last night President Obama said that the federal government should do what it can to bring outsourced manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. Around the country, cities have already begun creating these sorts of jobs where none existed before. And they are incorporating one crucial new component: sustainability. (keep reading…)
President Obama’s vision for the United States updates the American Dream with old rhetoric. Isn’t it time to recognize that 21st-century values need to be different than ones of the past? (keep reading…)
