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Nick Lalla | Nov 10th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Chicago, New York, Philadelphia |
On the last day of October a district court found that New York City would have to put a hold on its plan to replace its city’s taxi cabs with hybrid cars. Mayor Michael Bloomberg fired back by invoking the threat that the court’s ruling would prevent “all cities” from taking their environment and health into their own hands. I talked with some experts to see how real the threat was. (
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Holly Otterbein | Nov 10th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: New York, Philadelphia |
In the “Designing the 21st Century Street” competition, architects and urban designers reconstructed a troubled intersection in Brooklyn. Other cities could benefit from adopting the winners’ proposals, which treat pedestrians, bikes and cars as equals. (
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Michelle Kuly | Nov 7th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Philadelphia |
Check out up-to-the-minute posts from our “Reimagining Cities: Urban Design After the Age of Oil” correspondents Lloyd Alter (
TreeHugger and
Planet Green), Ryan Avent (
Grist), Nate Berg (
Planetizen), Andrew Blum (
Metropolis and
Wired), Randy Crane (UCLA School of Public Affairs) and Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson (
New York Times Magazine,
Architect, and
Metropolis), all right
here. (
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Hamida Kinge | Nov 7th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Houston |
Houston’s Mayor Bill White has taken on local oil refineries and chemical plants. He’s now fighting for environmental justice — and the health of his city. (
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Josh Leon | Nov 5th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia |
In a brief word — yes. But Obama’s plan for cities needs to be even more robust.
Next American City Columnist Josh Leon looks at what this election means for cities. (
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Diana Lind | Next American City | Nov 5th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: |
Barack Obama (city) + Joe Biden (transit) = awesomeness for American cities (
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Benjamin Gilbert | Nov 4th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Philadelphia |
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Hamida Kinge | Nov 3rd, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: New York |
At Green Drinks, the environment and cocktails get stirred together, not shaken. The informal monthly networking event is where people working in the green sector share a glass with those who simply care for the welfare of the environment and talk sustainability shop. (
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Holly Otterbein | Oct 29th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: New Orleans |
Freeways, which were erected when gasoline was inexpensive in the mid-20th century, now lack purpose and cause blight. The Congress for the New Urbanism has named North America’s 10 worst freeways in order to encourage their removal. Is the one you schlep to work on on the list? (
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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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In the “Designing the 21st Century Street” competition, architects and urban designers reconstructed a troubled intersection in Brooklyn. Other cities could benefit from adopting the winners’ proposals, which treat pedestrians, bikes and cars as equals. (keep reading…)
In a brief word — yes. But Obama’s plan for cities needs to be even more robust. Next American City Columnist Josh Leon looks at what this election means for cities. (keep reading…)
This Thursday, Friday and Saturday the UPenn School of Design and the Penn Institute for Urban Research will play host to the first annual symposium titled “Re-Imagining Cities: Urban Design After the Age of Oil.” (keep reading…)
At Green Drinks, the environment and cocktails get stirred together, not shaken. The informal monthly networking event is where people working in the green sector share a glass with those who simply care for the welfare of the environment and talk sustainability shop. (keep reading…)
