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Lamar Clarkson | Jan 13th, 2010 | Topic: Culture | Region: Central, East Coast | Cities: Chicago, New York, Portland |
Groups of artist-entrepreneurs around the country have begun extending the locavore idea to the realm of culture. A tale of how some not-so-starving artists are applying the logic of community-supported agriculture to grant-making. (
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David Alpert | Dec 14th, 2009 | Topic: Infrastructure | Region: East Coast | Cities: Portland, Washington, D.C. |
David Alpert of Greater Greater Washington on “Cities, Bicycles, and the Future of Getting Around,” a Brookings Institution conference that brought together David Byrne, Bruce Katz and others to talk about the many absurdities—and realities—preventing Americans from hopping on bikes to get around. (
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Julia Ramey Serazio | Dec 11th, 2009 | Topic: Infrastructure, Governance | Region: | Cities: New York, Portland, San Francisco |
Mike Mathieu, founder of WalkScore, talks about his new site, City-Go-Round, which collects open data from transit agencies around the country—and tries to convince those that haven’t released their data (ahem, M.T.A.) to do so, for the sake of their citizens and their budgets. (
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Danielle Zimmerman | Aug 4th, 2009 | Topic: Built Environment | Region: | Cities: Portland, San Francisco |
Danielle Zimmerman looks back at bike protests in the 19th century. (
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Jori Lewis | Jun 26th, 2009 | Topic: Culture, Built Environment | Region: West Coast | Cities: Los Angeles, Portland |
Jori Lewis interviews Cynthia Harnisch, CEO of Inner-City Arts, an arts education center in Los Angeles. Inner-City Arts has just won the Rudy Bruner Awards’ Gold Medal for Urban Excellence. (
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Jody Pollock | Apr 8th, 2009 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Portland, San Francisco |
Portland residents are at odds over an effort to rename a city street after the famed labor organizer. (
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Groups of artist-entrepreneurs around the country have begun extending the locavore idea to the realm of culture. A tale of how some not-so-starving artists are applying the logic of community-supported agriculture to grant-making. (keep reading…)
David Alpert of Greater Greater Washington on “Cities, Bicycles, and the Future of Getting Around,” a Brookings Institution conference that brought together David Byrne, Bruce Katz and others to talk about the many absurdities—and realities—preventing Americans from hopping on bikes to get around. (keep reading…)
Mike Mathieu, founder of WalkScore, talks about his new site, City-Go-Round, which collects open data from transit agencies around the country—and tries to convince those that haven’t released their data (ahem, M.T.A.) to do so, for the sake of their citizens and their budgets. (keep reading…)
Jori Lewis interviews Cynthia Harnisch, CEO of Inner-City Arts, an arts education center in Los Angeles. Inner-City Arts has just won the Rudy Bruner Awards’ Gold Medal for Urban Excellence. (keep reading…)
