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Akua Nyame-Mensah | Nov 12th, 2009 | Topic: Governance | Region: Central | Cities: Atlanta, Indianapolis, Philadelphia, St. Louis |
In the wake of November voting, more and more cities across the nation are enacting or expanding smoking bans. (
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Julia Ramey Serazio | Nov 5th, 2009 | Topic: Infrastructure, Governance, Built Environment | Region: Central, East Coast, South | Cities: Atlanta, Baltimore |
A roundup of news from cities around the country. This week: Stimulus money for geothermal power in Reno, America’s most toxic cities, and hope for a streetcar system in Charlotte. (
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Maggie Tishman | Aug 27th, 2009 | Topic: Governance, Economy | Region: | Cities: Atlanta, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Washington, D.C. |
In a web exclusive, Maggie Tishman takes a close look at the poverty line, an official measurement that many think is antiquated—and maybe even dead wrong. Here, a look at the line’s modest origins, and some possible alternatives being implemented in America’s cities. (
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Hamida Kinge | Feb 4th, 2009 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Atlanta, New York |
At last week’s “Advancing Climate Justice” conference in New York City, there emerged a sense that environmental justice will no longer be tucked into the margins of mainstream environmentalism. (
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Dave Steele | 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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Nick Lalla | Nov 24th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Atlanta, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C. |
Earlier this month Philadelphia’s Mayor Michael Nutter hand-delivered a letter to 1500 Pennsylvania Ave, addressed to Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson and signed by himself and the mayors of Atlanta and Phoenix. In it he asked for cities to be included alongside banks, financial institutions and automobile manufacturers as recipients of the $700 billion TARP bailout package. That afternoon, the story got top billing on the Drudge Report. Days later it got nothing but ignored and, at best, derided. So what happened? (
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Nick Lalla | Oct 28th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Atlanta, Dallas, Philadelphia |
This weekend I attended a University of Pennsylvaia Institute for Urban Research conference called “The Shape of the New American City.” It started with academics and city employees quietly discussing new research on urban density and market trends. It drew to a close with Chris Matthews fielding a sea of energetic questions about Sarah Palin and Joe Six-Pack. Here, I try to figure out what it all means. (
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Jeffrey Hill | Jul 9th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Atlanta |
Maria Saporta’s editorial on economic global competitiveness and megaregions hones in on the most important issue for the future of southeastern U.S. cities - mobility. However, the rest of the world isn’t waiting for experts from the Piedmont-Atlantic megaregion to unite and find direction. (
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Next American City | Jul 3rd, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Atlanta |
The High Museum of Art in Atlanta Georgia will be holding a photography exhibit entitled
Street Life: American Photographers from the 1960s and 70s until August 10th. Focusing on four American photographers that documented four various aspects of life, the collected work comes together as a broad overview of American culture at that time. (
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Jeffrey Hill | May 12th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Atlanta, Austin, Chicago |
As America’s baby boomers grow older and economic woes shift the elderly from suburbs to center city, developers capitalize on the demographics as seen in Chicago, where billions of dollars are being spent to transform the Windy City into the next Boca Raton. (
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In the wake of November voting, more and more cities across the nation are enacting or expanding smoking bans. (keep reading…)
In a web exclusive, Maggie Tishman takes a close look at the poverty line, an official measurement that many think is antiquated—and maybe even dead wrong. Here, a look at the line’s modest origins, and some possible alternatives being implemented in America’s cities. (keep reading…)
Maria Saporta’s editorial on economic global competitiveness and megaregions hones in on the most important issue for the future of southeastern U.S. cities - mobility. However, the rest of the world isn’t waiting for experts from the Piedmont-Atlantic megaregion to unite and find direction. (keep reading…)
The High Museum of Art in Atlanta Georgia will be holding a photography exhibit entitled Street Life: American Photographers from the 1960s and 70s until August 10th. Focusing on four American photographers that documented four various aspects of life, the collected work comes together as a broad overview of American culture at that time. (keep reading…)
As America’s baby boomers grow older and economic woes shift the elderly from suburbs to center city, developers capitalize on the demographics as seen in Chicago, where billions of dollars are being spent to transform the Windy City into the next Boca Raton. (keep reading…)
