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Frank Fuller | Dec 21st, 2011 | Topic: Infrastructure | Region: West Coast | Cities: Los Angeles, San Francisco |
Next American City counts down its most provocative pieces of web journalism in 2011. Here’s one from March that looks at designing high-speed rail in cities. (
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Jeff Tiell | Dec 14th, 2011 | Topic: Built Environment | Region: West Coast | Cities: San Francisco |
Next American City is re-issuing the most provocative blog posts of each month of 2011.
This one kicked up a storm about planning schools. Join the debate! (
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Joe Peach | Nov 30th, 2011 | Topic: Built Environment | Region: West Coast | Cities: San Francisco |
The success of the bicycle in Amsterdam is often attributed to its flat terrain. By this logic, cycling would be unpopular in San Francisco. Yet the truth is the opposite of this. (
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Paul Crabtree | Sep 28th, 2011 | Topic: Culture, Economy, Built Environment | Region: East Coast, Midwest | Cities: Dallas, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco |
A night at the symphony or the opera is one of the pinnacles of western artistic experience, yet these corporate arts institutions are becoming unable to attract audiences to their performances, and have recently begun to close down in record numbers. (
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Johanna Hoffman | Aug 15th, 2011 | Topic: Culture, Built Environment | Region: West Coast | Cities: San Francisco |
Tucked in the heart of a neighborhood long viewed as a hopeless refuge of the homeless, drug addled and destitute, Tenderloin National Forest has become a groundbreaking experiment in community-based reclamation of public space. (
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Kadley Gosselin | Jul 27th, 2011 | Topic: Infrastructure, Governance, Economy, Built Environment | Region: East Coast, West Coast | Cities: Boston, San Francisco |
A study conducted by Latitude asked regular drivers in Boston and San Francisco to go car-free for one full week. The results point to many opportunities for mobile information to reduce dependence on driving by improving the experience of taking more sustainable transit.
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Johanna Hoffman | Jul 18th, 2011 | Topic: Infrastructure, Culture, Built Environment | Region: | Cities: San Francisco |
Thought the movement to reclaim city streets was over? Think again. From their studios in San Francisco, the REBAR design collective is churning out interactive, site-specific design interventions that have begun to trigger transformations of urban environments within the United States and beyond. (
keep reading…)
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Next American City | Jun 16th, 2011 | Topic: Governance, Culture, Built Environment | Region: West Coast | Cities: San Francisco |
The Angel Island Immigration Station has sometimes been referred to as the “Ellis Island of the West.” But it has a more complex history than its East Coast counterpart, which was a symbol of welcome to immigrants from all over. (
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Johanna Hoffman | Apr 14th, 2011 | Topic: Culture | Region: | Cities: Philadelphia, San Francisco |
At Soil Kitchen, a temporary public art project in Philadelphia, hundreds of people talked with EPA scientists about the chemical composition of their soil samples, participated in free workshops ranging from wind turbine construction to the mechanics of compost—and enjoyed soup. (
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Kimberly Gaskins | Mar 30th, 2011 | Topic: Infrastructure | Region: | Cities: Boston, San Francisco |
Latitude Research asked regular drivers in Boston and San Francisco to go car-free for one week and to rely on other forms of transit instead. Participants shared their experiences and ideas for improvement, suggesting opportunities to redesign the experience of going car-free. (
keep reading…)
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Next American City counts down its most provocative pieces of web journalism in 2011. Here’s one from March that looks at designing high-speed rail in cities. (keep reading…)
Next American City is re-issuing the most provocative blog posts of each month of 2011. This one kicked up a storm about planning schools. Join the debate! (keep reading…)
The success of the bicycle in Amsterdam is often attributed to its flat terrain. By this logic, cycling would be unpopular in San Francisco. Yet the truth is the opposite of this. (keep reading…)
A night at the symphony or the opera is one of the pinnacles of western artistic experience, yet these corporate arts institutions are becoming unable to attract audiences to their performances, and have recently begun to close down in record numbers. (keep reading…)
Tucked in the heart of a neighborhood long viewed as a hopeless refuge of the homeless, drug addled and destitute, Tenderloin National Forest has become a groundbreaking experiment in community-based reclamation of public space. (keep reading…)
A study conducted by Latitude asked regular drivers in Boston and San Francisco to go car-free for one full week. The results point to many opportunities for mobile information to reduce dependence on driving by improving the experience of taking more sustainable transit. (keep reading…)
Thought the movement to reclaim city streets was over? Think again. From their studios in San Francisco, the REBAR design collective is churning out interactive, site-specific design interventions that have begun to trigger transformations of urban environments within the United States and beyond. (keep reading…)
The Angel Island Immigration Station has sometimes been referred to as the “Ellis Island of the West.” But it has a more complex history than its East Coast counterpart, which was a symbol of welcome to immigrants from all over. (keep reading…)
At Soil Kitchen, a temporary public art project in Philadelphia, hundreds of people talked with EPA scientists about the chemical composition of their soil samples, participated in free workshops ranging from wind turbine construction to the mechanics of compost—and enjoyed soup. (keep reading…)
Latitude Research asked regular drivers in Boston and San Francisco to go car-free for one week and to rely on other forms of transit instead. Participants shared their experiences and ideas for improvement, suggesting opportunities to redesign the experience of going car-free. (keep reading…)
