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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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David Anderson | Apr 2nd, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Atlanta, Kansas City, Miami, Tampa |
Mortgage defaults force Denver exodus, protestors interrupt Los Angeles mayor at Skid Row announcement, a silent killer stalks world of urban farming, former HUD secretary Alphonso Jackson forgets to pack painted portrait on his way out and a developer’s mixed-use project pays homage to Savannah’s roots. This and more in today’s headlines. (
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Jeffrey Hill | Mar 25th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Atlanta, Austin |
Philadelphia Daily News reports: “Mayor (Michael) Nutter said yesterday that he wants to get presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama to Philadelphia for a public discussion of urban issues before the April 22 Democratic primary ... Nutter said that issues affecting American cities haven’t gotten enough attention in the campaign. ‘Health care is very important,’ Nutter said. ‘The war is very, very important. But if you live at 56th and Master, you’re not as focused on what al Qaeda is doing.” MORE (
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Jeffrey Hill | Mar 18th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Atlanta |
Headlines are back after a brief vacation. Here’s a quick recap of what you missed:
1.) There is still a presidential election in November and you still have thousands of mind-numbing political ads to be subjected to.
2.) The news media has nothing better to cover than the alleged sexual three-way of the former N.J. governor.
3.) J.P. Morgan bought Bear Stearns for two dollars a share showing that companies can now merge together with the help of a script writer and coreographer.
4.) A tornado ripped through Atlanta.
5.) The nation was shocked when New York governor Elliot Spitzer was discovered to be using the services of a (gasp) prostitute - crossing the fine line of politics and ethics which sent the media and an entire civilization into a frenzy.
6.) St. Patrick’s Day gave millions of Americans a reason to drink other than the state of the economy and primetime television.
7.) There is still violence in Tibet. The Chinese are still killing Tibetans. The Tibetans are rioting. The Dalai Lama may resign as Tibet’s head of state. America and CNN thinks N.J. governor three-way story is more important. (
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Jeffrey Hill | Feb 6th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Atlanta, Dallas, Houston |
As more news stories break on Housing and Urban Development (HUD) department secretary Alphonso Jackson, more “old friends” keep popping up in key positions to determine federal contract awards. His harassment of the Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA) over the Martin Luther King housing project deal is merely another crumb in a trail of questionable behavior and federal investigations. (
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Meredith Aska McBride | Jan 17th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Atlanta |
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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…)
Philadelphia Daily News reports: “Mayor (Michael) Nutter said yesterday that he wants to get presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama to Philadelphia for a public discussion of urban issues before the April 22 Democratic primary ... Nutter said that issues affecting American cities haven’t gotten enough attention in the campaign. ‘Health care is very important,’ Nutter said. ‘The war is very, very important. But if you live at 56th and Master, you’re not as focused on what al Qaeda is doing.” MORE (keep reading…)
