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  Sham Retirements

  Andrew Thompson | Mon, Jun 29th, 2009 | Category: Commentary | City: Philadelphia | Tags: michael nutter, whyy, andrew thompson, metronomics, deferred retirement option program, poynter, al tompkins, sham retirements, retirement | 0

  Andrew Thompson on cities and states that are reconsidering an all-too-common loophole that allows workers to receive a pension and a salary at the same time.

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  This Week: Issue 23 Launch Party in Philadelphia!

  Pooja Shah | Mon, Jun 15th, 2009 | Category: Events | City: Philadelphia | Tags: philadelphia, issue launch party, issue 23, royal theater, south street, hidden | 0

  Join Next American City and Hidden City Philadelphia for our Issue 23 Launch Party to be held at Philadelphia’s own Royal Theater on Wednesday, June 17!

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  The Death Knell of the MegaMall?

  Danielle Zimmerman | Fri, Jun 12th, 2009 | Category: Report | City: Philadelphia | Tags: philadelphia, portland, northern liberties, commarts, sunset magazine, tower investments, chapter 11, malls, crossroads city, phillies, international council on shopping centers, allison arieff, schmidt’s brewery, piazza at schmidt’s | 1

  Next American City’s Danielle Zimmerman offers her thoughts on a new-concept “mall” in Philadelphia.

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  Call for Presentations: Innovation Philadelphia

  Next American City | Wed, May 27th, 2009 | Category: Events | City: Philadelphia | Tags: global creative economy convergence summit, innovation philadelphia, conference | 2

  Innovation Philadelphia is seeking presentation proposals for the second Global Creative Economy Convergence Summit.

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  Save the World ... by Tomorrow!

  Diana Lind | Thu, May 14th, 2009 | Category: Commentary | City: Philadelphia | Tags: philadelphia, diana lind, urban:sos, edaw, economic collapse, social disintegration, effects of global warming, environmental pollution, graduate students, ecological degradation, vacant properties, impacts of natural disaster | 0

  EDAW is hosting a fantastic contest for students called Urban:SOS (must be registered by tomorrow, May 15). They say: Find an urban site in disrepair. Fix it. I’m no longer a student, but if I were, I have a few ideas of what I’d fix.

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• Web Exclusives

  Taking it to the Streets

  Jody Pollock | Wed, May 13th, 2009 | Category: Report | City: Philadelphia | Tags: baltimore, jody pollock, mumbai, back on my feet, anne malhum, magic bus, united nations, divercity, commonwealth advisory body on sports, india, homeless world cup | 1

  In her column, Divercity, Jody Pollock reports on how cities are increasingly attacking urban problems like poverty and homelessness with sports-related initiatives.

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  Green Dreams for Philly

  Julia Ramey | Wed, Apr 29th, 2009 | Category: Report | City: Philadelphia | Tags: philadelphia, green, sustainability, michael nutter | 0

  Mayor Nutter announces an ambitious set of goals to green the city by 2015.

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  Philadelphia’s Self-Perception Problem, Revisited

  Diana Lind | Wed, Apr 15th, 2009 | Category: Commentary | City: Philadelphia | Tags: philadelphia, philadelphia, diana lind, diana lind, walnut street, walnut street, riverfront, riverfront | 11

  Almost a year ago, I addressed the question of how Philadelphia sees itself, particularly in the frame of our office’s much-maligned block. In 2009, Walnut Street seems to have improved; what happened to the conversation about the riverfront?

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  Recession Rate: A Dollar a Night

  Jody Pollock | Tue, Apr 7th, 2009 | Category: Report | City: Philadelphia | Tags: philadelphia, dallas, jody pollock, greater philadelphia tourism marketing, rosen college of hospitality management, alexander inn, last minute travel, pkfc | 1

  A Philadelphia hotel hopes radical discounts will lead to higher occupancy.

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  When City Governments Outsource, Who Wins?

  Andrew Thompson | Mon, Feb 23rd, 2009 | Category: Commentary | City: Chicago | Tags: | 1

  In the first installment of his new column, Metronomics, Andrew Thompson asks whether public-private partnerships are a worthwhile solution for cash-strapped cities—or a quick, risky fix.

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  Tackling Foreclosures in Philadelphia

  Maggie Tishman | Mon, Feb 9th, 2009 | Category: Report | City: Philadelphia | Tags: philadelphia, foreclosures, michael nutter, maggie tishman, philadelphia foreclosure prevention program | 1

  Mayor Nutter announces good news about Philadelphia’s foreclosure prevention program, but skeptics wonder whether the initiative’s clunky name spells trouble.

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  That Special Kind of Love

  Diana Lind | Mon, Feb 9th, 2009 | Category: Commentary | City: Philadelphia | Tags: philadelphia, diana lind, st. louis, demolition, esherick house, louis kahn, stl-style, paul rudolph, woolworth building, psfs building, san luis building, frank furness | 3

  When you’re a city nerd, you sometimes love buildings as much as people. Or at least I do. In St. Louis, you can celebrate Valentine’s Day with the building you really love.

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  Round 4: Predictions for 2009

  Diana Lind | Mon, Jan 5th, 2009 | Category: Commentary | City: Detroit | Tags: philadelphia, detroit, new york, mayor nutter, 2009, recession, predictions | 2

  I’ve had the benefit of reading a few other people’s predictions for 2009 and now weigh in with my own ideas.

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  Cities Break Out the Piggy Bank

  Ariella Cohen | Thu, Jan 1st, 2009 | Category: Report | City: Chicago | Tags: seattle, new york, chicago, ariella cohen, ariella cohen, michael bloomberg, miami, financial crisis, savannah, jonathan mintz, lyndon johnson, san antonio | 0

  Hoping to staunch the financial crisis’s toll on city dwellers, cities are creating offices of financial empowerment. Aimed at cities’ low- and moderate-income constituents, these programs attempt to break the cycle of debt and aid social mobility, even in these tough times.

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  A New Stimulus Request from Cities

  Nick Lalla | Thu, Dec 18th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Philadelphia | Tags: economics, rust belt, mayor nutter, stimulus, nancy pelosi, financial crisis, henry paulson, harry reid, john boehner, bail out, green economics, retrofitting, restoring prosperity | 1

  Several attempts to include cities as a category worthy of consideration for the new breed of government financial bailout packages have been made recently. Now, a new letter from a non-profit urban revitalization group is making the rounds, collecting signers and support before trying its hand at asking for state money for ailing urban centers.

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  Ed Bacon: Iconic Urbanist Now Inspiring Farms

  Nick Lalla | Wed, Dec 3rd, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Philadelphia | Tags: philadelphia, nick lalla, university of pennsylvania, urban farming, student competition, robert moses, ed bacon, kevin bacon | 0

  The award ceremony for the 3rd Annual Ed Bacon Student Design Competition were handed out to teams of young urban planners last night, and focusing on food seemed to be the way to get the prize money. The winning entries after the jump.

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  Can Philadelphia Reverse Racism?

  Josh Leon | Mon, Nov 24th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Philadelphia | Tags: philadelphia, barack obama, josh leon, rudy giuliani, budget cuts, public school, frank rizzo, racism, murals, geno's, public libraries | 2

  Most days if you walk around Philadelphia, you can sense the racial segregation — what kind of impact will Obama, local budget cuts and the memory of Frank Rizzo have on the city’s slow efforts to make the center city all-inclusive?

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  “Big City” Bailout Request Looks Better than Reported, says Nutter’s Office

  Nick Lalla | Mon, Nov 24th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: New York | Tags: infrastructure, michael nutter, michael bloomberg, nick lalla, budget cuts, henry paulson, council of mayors, secretary of the treasury, bailout, office of environmental sustainability | 0

  Earlier this month Philadelphia’s Mayor Michael Nutter hand-delivered a letter to 1500 Pennsylvania Ave, addressed to Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson and signed by himself and the mayors of Atlanta and Phoenix. In it he asked for cities to be included alongside banks, financial institutions and automobile manufacturers as recipients of the $700 billion TARP bailout package. That afternoon, the story got top billing on the Drudge Report. Days later it got nothing but ignored and, at best, derided. So what happened?

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  The Digital Divide in Houston: Now What?

  Holly Otterbein | Tue, Nov 18th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Houston | Tags: philadelphia, digital divide, john street, wi-fi, houston, helen hwang, municipal wireless, hot city, houston digital inclusion initiative | 0

  First, Houston planned for a “cloud” of free wireless to blanket the entire city. When that didn’t work, it settled for small “bubbles” of wireless in certain neighborhoods. The Houston Chronicle recently reported that it, too, did not pan out. What’s next — a “nanopocket” accessible only to molecules?

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  Holiday Party + Issue 21 Release Celebration

  Pooja Shah | Thu, Nov 13th, 2008 | Category: Events | City: Philadelphia | Tags: philadelphia, next american city, digital divide, issue release, holiday party, 21 | 0

  Join Next American CIty for a holiday celebration as we unveil Issue 21!

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