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Brendan Crain | Mar 19th, 2010 | Topic: Culture, Built Environment | Region: | Cities: Houston, San Francisco |
Brendan Crain wonders why the upcoming Shanghai Expo can’t follow Vancouver’s lead and absorb the new structures into the urban landscape after the event is over. (
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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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Next American City | Feb 23rd, 2010 | Topic: Culture | Region: West Coast | Cities: San Francisco |
A recap of Monday night’s film screening in San Francisco, part of NAC’s ongoing Urbanexus event, during which ITVS screened two films from its upcoming series “Futurestates: Imagining a New Brave New World.” (
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Next American City | Feb 22nd, 2010 | Topic: Culture | Region: West Coast | Cities: San Francisco |
The staff of Next American City is in California for an Urbanexus event. Read on for news and recaps. (
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Lee Shaker | Jan 21st, 2010 | Topic: Culture | Region: Central, East Coast | Cities: Boston, Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco |
A media scholar explains why the local news sites of national publications like the
New York Times and the
Wall Street Journal might be far less threatening to city newspapers than national news organizations’ forays into local sports coverage. (
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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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Julia Ramey Serazio | Sep 11th, 2009 | Topic: Built Environment | Region: | Cities: Austin, New York, San Francisco, Seattle |
A roundup of the week’s news from America’s cities. (
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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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Diana Lind | Aug 18th, 2009 | Topic: Infrastructure, Culture | Region: East Coast | Cities: Cincinnati, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco |
The Trust for Public Land just released data on the 77 most populous cities’ parks. Think you know your park? It may be that time of year to think again. (
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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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Brendan Crain wonders why the upcoming Shanghai Expo can’t follow Vancouver’s lead and absorb the new structures into the urban landscape after the event is over. (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…)
A recap of Monday night’s film screening in San Francisco, part of NAC’s ongoing Urbanexus event, during which ITVS screened two films from its upcoming series “Futurestates: Imagining a New Brave New World.” (keep reading…)
A media scholar explains why the local news sites of national publications like the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal might be far less threatening to city newspapers than national news organizations’ forays into local sports coverage. (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…)
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…)
