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  URBANEXUS LA: Mark Vallianatos’ Farmlab Speech

  Benjamin Gilbert | Wed, Nov 12th, 2008 | Category: Events | City: Los Angeles | Tags: los angeles, neighborhoods, mark vallianatos, farmlab, urbanexus, fast-food ban | 0

  On Oct. 31, Next American City and over 100 guests explored Los Angeles’ hidden gem, Farmlab. The afternoon lunch, courtesy of Farmlab, included a spread of fresh foods and vegetables including some ingredients - cactus and bananas - grown on the premises! Occidental College’s Mark Vallianatos then took attendees through a brief history of food in Los Angeles, highlighting some of the key conversations at the moment including the lack of affordable fresh food in several neighborhoods, the demand for schools to offer healthy alternatives and the recent fast food ban.

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  URBANEXUS LA: A+D Slideshow

  Benjamin Gilbert | Wed, Nov 12th, 2008 | Category: Events | City: Los Angeles | Tags: los angeles, los angeles times, mark vallianatos, farmlab, urbanexus, sam lubell, the architect's newspaper, christopher hawthorne, a+d museum | 0

  On Oct. 29, nearly 50 guests attended the salon at the A+D Museum to discuss the challenges of developing built environment in LA. Our guests - Christopher Hawthorne of the Los Angeles Times and Sam Lubell of The Architect’s Newspaper - shared their own perspectives as guests questioned the pros and cons of architecture in their own neighborhoods.

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  Re-Imagining Cities: Urban Design After the Age of Oil

  Benjamin Gilbert | Tue, Nov 4th, 2008 | Category: Events | City: Philadelphia | Tags: nate berg, treehugger, urban design after the age of oil, re-imagining cities, elizabeth evitts dickinson, andrew blum, randy crane, ryan avent, penn institute for urban research, grist, metropolis | 0

  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.”

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  Next American City in Milwaukee: Public Transportation Symposium

  Benjamin Gilbert | Thu, Oct 23rd, 2008 | Category: Events | City: Milwaukee | Tags: | 0

  During Next American City’s recent trip to Milwaukee, Editor-in-Chief Diana Lind moderated a symposium on public transportation. We present the full video here, exclusively on the Next American City website

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  Next American City Surrogate Debate Video

  Benjamin Gilbert | Wed, Oct 22nd, 2008 | Category: Events | City: Philadelphia | Tags: next american city, paul brophy, obama mccain debate | 0

  Two weeks ago, Next American City and the Penn Institute for Urban Research co-hosted a McCain/Obama surrogate debate. Exclusively on our website we have full video from the event.

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  McCain/Obama Surrogate Debate Event at the AIA

  Benjamin Gilbert | Tue, Oct 7th, 2008 | Category: Events | City: Philadelphia | Tags: | 2

  On Monday night at the American Institute of Architects Philadelphia chapter, surrogate debaters representing Senator and presidential hopeful John McCain as well as Senator and presidential hopeful Barack Obama met to discuss their respective parties stances on city-specific politics. 

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  The Next American City Playlist

  Benjamin Gilbert | Thu, Oct 2nd, 2008 | Category: Commentary | Tags: songs of cities, doug sell, google maps, benjamin gilbert | 4

  Remember when Next American City Editor-in-Chief Diana Lind asked readers just under three weeks ago, “Can anyone out there make a map of all the cities that are mentioned in these songs? It would be cool and we’d post it somewhere.” She was of course referencing the playlist put together by DJ Doug Sell for our Issue #20 Release Party. And wouldn’t you know it, someone went out and made the map! 

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  Bridging the Gap Between Town and City

  Benjamin Gilbert | Tue, Sep 30th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | Tags: next american city, brookings institute, christopher leinberger, walkable urbanism | 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.

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