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Amy Smith | Mar 18th, 2010 | Topic: Built Environment | Region: Midwest | Cities: Detroit |
Amy Smith reports on a new study that reveals a startling amount of good news about homes in Detroit—as well as the expected bad news. (
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Hamida Kinge | Mar 16th, 2010 | Topic: Infrastructure | Region: East Coast | Cities: New York |
Nowhere is Brooklyn’s industrial past more evident than in the Gowanus Canal, which the EPA has just named a Superfund site. Hamida Kinge interviews Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker Tia Lessin about the designation’s impact on the neighborhood where she works. (
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Julia Ramey Serazio | Mar 16th, 2010 | Topic: Governance | Region: East Coast | Cities: Washington, D.C. |
Check out a recap of Next American City’s launch party for Issue 26 and see photographs of the evening’s proceedings and special guests. (
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Mara D'Angelo | Mar 15th, 2010 | Topic: Governance | Region: Midwest | Cities: Cleveland |
A bill that would expand Ohio counties’ authority to establish land banks, and reclaim the vacant land threatening the vibrancy of their communities, is moving through the state legislature, and, if all goes well, to the governor’s desk this month. (
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Anthony Flint | Mar 11th, 2010 | Topic: Governance, Culture | Region: Midwest | Cities: Cleveland |
Anthony Flint reports on an agrarian revolution in the city of Cleveland, where a coalition of planners, foundations and government is trying out new ordinances to promote urban agriculture that goes well beyond tomatoes and carrots. (
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Willy Staley | Mar 9th, 2010 | Topic: Governance, Culture | Region: West Coast | Cities: New York, San Francisco |
San Franciscan Willy Staley explains why Mayor Newsom’s controversial sit/lie laws might prove to be a second wave of Manhattanization for San Francisco. (
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Lee Shaker | Mar 8th, 2010 | Topic: Governance | Region: East Coast | Cities: Washington, D.C. |
As the FCC considers changing the way it allocates broadcast spectrum, Lee Shaker argues that the money saved by such a move could be used to improve local news. (
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Amy Smith | Mar 4th, 2010 | Topic: Built Environment | Region: Midwest | Cities: Cleveland |
Amy Smith takes a look at a Living Cities foreclosures report that offers a number of practical solutions for areas trying to recover from vacant homes and broken communities. (
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Julia Ramey Serazio | Mar 3rd, 2010 | Topic: Governance, Culture, Economy | Region: East Coast, Midwest | Cities: Cleveland, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. |
A look at NAC’s latest issue, now available, plus a collection of online excerpts. (
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Amy Smith | Mar 2nd, 2010 | Topic: Culture | Region: East Coast | Cities: Austin, Philadelphia |
NAC’s Amy Smith writes about her work at a Philadelphia soup kitchen, and how her experience there has changed her view of hunger in America’s cities. (
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Amy Smith reports on a new study that reveals a startling amount of good news about homes in Detroit—as well as the expected bad news. (keep reading…)
Nowhere is Brooklyn’s industrial past more evident than in the Gowanus Canal, which the EPA has just named a Superfund site. Hamida Kinge interviews Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker Tia Lessin about the designation’s impact on the neighborhood where she works. (keep reading…)
Check out a recap of Next American City’s launch party for Issue 26 and see photographs of the evening’s proceedings and special guests. (keep reading…)
A bill that would expand Ohio counties’ authority to establish land banks, and reclaim the vacant land threatening the vibrancy of their communities, is moving through the state legislature, and, if all goes well, to the governor’s desk this month. (keep reading…)
Anthony Flint reports on an agrarian revolution in the city of Cleveland, where a coalition of planners, foundations and government is trying out new ordinances to promote urban agriculture that goes well beyond tomatoes and carrots. (keep reading…)
San Franciscan Willy Staley explains why Mayor Newsom’s controversial sit/lie laws might prove to be a second wave of Manhattanization for San Francisco. (keep reading…)
As the FCC considers changing the way it allocates broadcast spectrum, Lee Shaker argues that the money saved by such a move could be used to improve local news. (keep reading…)
Amy Smith takes a look at a Living Cities foreclosures report that offers a number of practical solutions for areas trying to recover from vacant homes and broken communities. (keep reading…)
A look at NAC’s latest issue, now available, plus a collection of online excerpts. (keep reading…)
NAC’s Amy Smith writes about her work at a Philadelphia soup kitchen, and how her experience there has changed her view of hunger in America’s cities. (keep reading…)
