Buzz

• The NY Sun Sets — A Beginning of an Era?

  Diana Lind | Next American City | Sep 30th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: New York | 0

  The New York Sun, a conservative paper that was almost entirely freely distributed to the wealthier zip codes of New York, has failed to finance its future. I should be cheering the demise a paper with an editorial page almost as heinous as the Wall Street Journal‘s, but I’m much more concerned about the relationship between cities and their papers. Read on.   (keep reading…)

• Bridging the Gap Between Town and City

  Benjamin Gilbert | Sep 30th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: | 1

  Are suburbs the next target for economic blight? In a recent piece for The Atlantic, professor of urban planning at the University of Michigan and Next American City interviewee Christopher B. Leinberger details how culture and economics over the past 20 years have influenced where we live and, maybe more importantly, what may happen to the places many Americans grew up.   (keep reading…)

• A Floating Pool Docks in Venice

  Nick Lalla | Sep 29th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: New York | 0

  This year’s Venice Biennale for architecture includes a floating pool with a homely past of docking alongside a neglected part of the Bronx.   (keep reading…)

• One Urban Genius

  Nick Lalla | Sep 24th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: Central | Cities: Milwaukee | 1

  MacArthur Genius grant recipients were just announced. Save an urban farmer from Milwaukee, those working to improve cities directly were absent from the list, again.   (keep reading…)

• Next American City wins an Ozzie!

  Pooja Shah | Sep 23rd, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Chicago | 2

  We won! Everybody here at Next American City is celebrating the official word that we won an Ozzie Award!   (keep reading…)

• Independent Lens Community Cinema screening tonight

  Nick Lalla | Sep 23rd, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Chicago, Philadelphia | 0

  Brett Morgan’s film Chicago 10 will be screened in Philadelphia tonight, followed by a public discussion of political activism in the city since 1968.   (keep reading…)

• City People vs. “Real Americans”: A False Dichotomy?

  Josh Leon | Sep 22nd, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: New York, Philadelphia | 8

  Living in the city might be more “real” than either presidential candidate is willing to admit.    (keep reading…)

• 24:HRS MILWAUKEE starts TOMORROW!

  Pooja Shah | Sep 19th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: Central | Cities: Milwaukee | 2

  We’ve rested up and now we’re ready to spend 24 continuous hours in Milwaukee!   (keep reading…)

• America’s Best Cities for Travel: “The results are in!”

  Nick Lalla | Sep 19th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: New York, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C. | 0

  Travel and Leisure Magazine has published its findings of the traveler-rated “best American cities” for 2008, and, like most of these kinds of lists, the results mostly include being forced to take a few moments to ponder the worth of such exercises.   (keep reading…)

• Rethinking the Bodega

  Holly Otterbein | Sep 17th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Dallas | 3

  Shopping at your neighborhood’s corner store is a great way to support the local economy. The Neighbors Project encourages people to do just that, while also helping citizens to bring more fresh produce into their local bodegas. Read about their latest project, “Bodega Party in a Box,” after the jump.   (keep reading…)
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