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Urban Nation | Willy Staley | Dec 6th, 2010 | Topic: Urban Nation, Culture, Built Environment | Region: Urban Nation, Midwest | Cities: Detroit, Urban Nation |
In part two of Urban Nation’s visit to Detroit, we take a look at the limits of DIY revitalization in the Motor City, and some lessons Detroit could take, perhaps, from Rome. Includes slideshow. (
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City/Culture | Jeremy Rosenberg | Dec 3rd, 2010 | Topic: Culture | Region: Central, East Coast | Cities: Baltimore, New York, Salt Lake City |
Around the nation, cities are obscuring art—and the Kardashians are even going silent—to call attention to the ongoing AIDS epidemic. (
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Urban Nation | Willy Staley | Dec 2nd, 2010 | Topic: Urban Nation, Infrastructure, Built Environment | Region: Urban Nation, Midwest | Cities: Detroit, Urban Nation |
Urban Nation visits Detroit, and examines things piece-by-piece, as the problems facing the Motor City are numerous, and hard to present all at once. In the first installment, we visit the Brewster-Douglas Homes in Brush Park, and an urban swamp on the East Side. (
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Grassroutes | Yonah Freemark | Dec 1st, 2010 | Topic: Built Environment | Region: East Coast | Cities: New York |
The LoMEX project would have demolished a section of Manhattan we now cherish. But its huge scale leaves something lacking today. (
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City/Culture | Jeremy Rosenberg | Nov 29th, 2010 | Topic: Culture | Region: | Cities: Los Angeles |
Whether you’re looking for a creative gift or feeling charitable yourself, here’s a list of all the worthy organizations that have been profiled in City / Culture and information on how to support them. (
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Urban Nation | Willy Staley | Nov 23rd, 2010 | Topic: Urban Nation, Governance, Economy | Region: Urban Nation, Midwest | Cities: Cleveland, Urban Nation |
Urban Nation visits Cleveland to speak with Frank Ford of Neighborhood Progress, Inc, about a recent federal court ruling that could potentially strip municipalities of their right to protect themselves from corporate malfeasance. (
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Worldwatch | Josh Leon | Nov 22nd, 2010 | Topic: Infrastructure, Governance, Economy | Region: Midwest | Cities: Detroit |
“Micro-entrepreneurship” and “right sizing” are catch phrases in the urban lexicon that ignore cities’ roles as sites of physical production. Places like Detroit would do well to generate knowledge sector employment but shouldn’t be abandoned as manufacturing centers. (
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Grassroutes | Yonah Freemark | Nov 19th, 2010 | Topic: Economy | Region: East Coast | Cities: Philadelphia |
If the U.S. Congress fails to act over the next month and a half, transit commuters would be stuck with an increasing bill. (
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Grassroutes | Yonah Freemark | Nov 17th, 2010 | Topic: Built Environment | Region: East Coast | Cities: New York |
Electric vehicles are being marketed as if they are will simply replace gas-guzzling cars. But they offer wide possibilities for change. (
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Urban Nation | Willy Staley | Nov 16th, 2010 | Topic: Urban Nation, Economy, Built Environment | Region: Urban Nation, Midwest | Cities: Urban Nation |
Urban Nation revisits Youngstown, to see the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation’s work in the Idora neighborhood firsthand, and discuss YNDC’s relationship with federal programs. (Includes slideshow). (
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In part two of Urban Nation’s visit to Detroit, we take a look at the limits of DIY revitalization in the Motor City, and some lessons Detroit could take, perhaps, from Rome. Includes slideshow. (keep reading…)
Around the nation, cities are obscuring art—and the Kardashians are even going silent—to call attention to the ongoing AIDS epidemic. (keep reading…)
Urban Nation visits Detroit, and examines things piece-by-piece, as the problems facing the Motor City are numerous, and hard to present all at once. In the first installment, we visit the Brewster-Douglas Homes in Brush Park, and an urban swamp on the East Side. (keep reading…)
The LoMEX project would have demolished a section of Manhattan we now cherish. But its huge scale leaves something lacking today. (keep reading…)
Whether you’re looking for a creative gift or feeling charitable yourself, here’s a list of all the worthy organizations that have been profiled in City / Culture and information on how to support them. (keep reading…)
Urban Nation visits Cleveland to speak with Frank Ford of Neighborhood Progress, Inc, about a recent federal court ruling that could potentially strip municipalities of their right to protect themselves from corporate malfeasance. (keep reading…)
“Micro-entrepreneurship” and “right sizing” are catch phrases in the urban lexicon that ignore cities’ roles as sites of physical production. Places like Detroit would do well to generate knowledge sector employment but shouldn’t be abandoned as manufacturing centers. (keep reading…)
If the U.S. Congress fails to act over the next month and a half, transit commuters would be stuck with an increasing bill. (keep reading…)
Electric vehicles are being marketed as if they are will simply replace gas-guzzling cars. But they offer wide possibilities for change. (keep reading…)
Urban Nation revisits Youngstown, to see the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation’s work in the Idora neighborhood firsthand, and discuss YNDC’s relationship with federal programs. (Includes slideshow). (keep reading…)
