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  Issue #20 Launch Party + “Songs of the City” DJ event!

  Michelle Kuly | Thu, Sep 4th, 2008 | Category: NAC News | City: NAC News | Tags: philadelphia, nac, music, launch party, not karaoke, songs of the city, ugly american, doug sell, dj, issue 20 | 0

  Next American City will celebrate the launch of Issue 20 with a one-night only “Songs of City” music event featuring DJ (and NAC subscriber) Doug Sell next Thursday, Sept. 11 in Philadelphia…

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• The Daily Report

  Activists to Turn Parking Spaces into Green Spaces

  Brian Krier | Fri, Aug 22nd, 2008 | Category: Events | City: Los Angeles | Tags: brian krier, parks, public space, green space, parking, land use, guerilla gardening, park(ing) day | 3

  Between all the mammoth S.U.V.s, boxy minivans and compact cars, parallel parking in any city can be a nightmare. Come Sept. 19, drivers in cities around the world vying for curbside parking will also have to compete with potted plants, park benches and some clever environmental activists. 

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• The Daily Report

  Changing the City, One Organic Deli at a Time

  Diana Lind | Wed, Aug 20th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Philadelphia | Tags: philadelphia, diana lind, gentrification, organic deli | 2

  In a recent blog post about Philly’s ongoing self-hatred a discussion emerged about the appalling lack of activity on the 1300 Block of Walnut Street. In one of the formerly vacant storefronts, we’re now getting an organic deli. How much does one small change mean for a city of 1.5 million people? 

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• The Daily Report

  Dark Sky to City Dwellers: Get Lost

  Diana Lind | Mon, Aug 11th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Philadelphia | Tags: philadelphia, diana lind, university of pennsylvania, perseids, astronomy, clark park, brandywine state park | 3

  Tonight’s the peak of the Perseid’s meteor shower, but I can’t watch it from my backyard in Philly. Let’s lament together the city’s lack of access to nighttime nature.

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• The Daily Report

  Fictional Urbanism

  Brian Krier | Mon, Jul 28th, 2008 | Category: Reviews | City: Philadelphia | Tags: brian krier, review, satire, fictional urbanism, fiction, the city desk | 0

  The City Desk devotes its pages to a city that does not exist, profiling a citizenry that is entirely fabricated, following a ceaseless cast of characters in an ever-expanding urban narrative that has no basis in fact. Strangely enough, it’s not entirely inaccurate. 

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• The Daily Report

  Where’s the Love? Philly Keeps Losing People

  Diana Lind | Fri, Jul 11th, 2008 | Category: Report | City: Philadelphia | Tags: philadelphia, architecture, diana lind, gentrification, taxes, philadelphia inquirer | 20

  Yesterday the Inky dealt the latest blow to the city’s self-esteem: in the past seven years, Philly’s run a population deficit of 68,000. The only American city to lose more people was New Orleans.

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• The Daily Report

  Documentary Asks Aspiring Female Politicians “What’s Your Point?”

  Brian Krier | Wed, Jul 2nd, 2008 | Category: Reviews | City: Philadelphia | Tags: philadelphia, hillary clinton, brian krier, film review, gender, equality, documentary, politics, the white house project, project 2024 | 1

  For the fifth stop in their multi-city promotional tour, New York filmmakers Amy Sewell and Susan Toffler held a screening of their documentary what’s your point, honey? in Philadelphia last Thursday evening, exploring the issue of gender inequality in American politics. 

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• The Daily Report

  Picking the Perfect City in The Relocating Game

  Jeffrey Hill | Tue, Jun 24th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Bakersfield | Tags: jeffrey hill, philadelphia, detroit, economy, california, crime, energy, education, transit, city-data.com, nac, alaska, research, forbes, lists, parks, salary, juneau, relocating, moving, city data, new city, bakersfield | 9

  Next American City’s Jeffrey Hill is leaving Philadelphia, but not before a tiring search for a new city that, in a matter of a few weeks, turned him into a stockpile of statistics on the nuances of America. Hill reveals some hints and secrets on playing the relocation game.

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• The Daily Report

  Philadelphia’s Ongoing Self-Perception Problem

  Diana Lind | Mon, Jun 23rd, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Philadelphia | Tags: environment, philadelphia, building, brooklyn, pennpraxis, mayor nutter, harris steinberg, commerce, design montreal | 9

  Last week Philadelphia’s Mayor Nutter presented a new plan for reviving Philadelphia’s waterfront to packed audience at the Museum of Natural History. I didn’t make it to the event, but have been eagerly awaiting some of the response. As per usual, Philadelphians are pretty down on their city. But now they’re picking on the block where I work (seen at right in earlier days)…

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• The Daily Report

  Philadelphia Mayor Answers Questions From The Public On NPR

  Brian Krier | Thu, Jun 19th, 2008 | Category: Events | City: Philadelphia | Tags: philadelphia, michael nutter, brian krier, public airwaves, mayor nutter, national public radio, whyy, npr | 0

  Michael Nutter, mayor of Philadelphia, will help local NPR partner station WHYY kick off its new multi-platform broadcast program, It’s Your City tomorrow night at 8:00 p.m. The live hour-long program offers Delaware Valley residents the opportunity engage the new mayor.

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• The Daily Report

  Philly’s Number One! But Not in a Good Way…

  Diana Lind | Mon, Jun 9th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Philadelphia | Tags: new york city, philadelphia, economy, diana lind, jobs, money, budget, incarcarations, prison, number one, prisons | 0

  As Karen Heller writes today on Philly.com — Philadelphia leads the country in percentage of citizens incarcerated. Read on to find out why prisons are a booming industry, how many grams of cocaine you could fit in a sugar packet, and why keeping a prisoner in jail is about the cost of a year’s tuition at a fancy college.

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• Web Exclusives

  NAC Exclusive Interview With Domenic Vitiello

  Scott Gabriel Knowles | Tue, May 20th, 2008 | Category: Guests | City: Philadelphia | Tags: philadelphia, suburbs, building, growth, pennsylvania, scott gabriel knowles, domenic vitiello, urban history, urban historian | 0

  Everyone knows that deindustrialization in American cities started with the end of WWII and the decentralization of American manufacturing that followed it, right? A recent article in the Journal of Urban History by University of Pennsylvania professor Domenic Vitiello takes this chronology to task. 

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• The Daily Report

  Philadelphia’s Chinatown Braces For the Impact of Rice Shortages

  Jennifer Kim | Fri, May 16th, 2008 | Category: Report | City: Philadelphia | Tags: philadelphia, tourism, china, gas prices, restaurants, jennifer kim, rice shortage, tourist, rice, imports, asian food, chinatown | 0

  What happens to a neighborhood when its most important commodity is in short supply? The shortage of rice has already taken its toll on Philadelphia’s Chinatown. Jennifer Kim reports.

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• NAC News

  Upcoming Event: The Second Annual SustainaBall in Philadelphia

  Pooja Shah | Thu, May 8th, 2008 | Category: NAC News | City: NAC News | Tags: philadelphia, next american city, pooja shah, nac events, sustainaball, dance | 0

  You are invited to the social gathering of the year for the Philadelphia region’s green community!  Join members of the Sustainable Business Network for live music, local beer and delicious seasonal food.

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• NAC News

  Urban Policy and the Presidency

  Scott Gabriel Knowles | Thu, Apr 24th, 2008 | Category: NAC News | City: NAC News | Tags: transportation, obama, clinton, foreclosure, transit, president, pennsylvania, nac, scott gabriel knowles, next american city, hillary, nominee, homeownership | 0

  Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have bolted Pennsylvania for now, but one of them will be back in the fall.  When they do return, they will be pressed to address urban issues that Philadelphians face, in detail. A first attempt to get the candidates’ views on urban policy took place on April 17 at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.  The event, “Urban Policy and the Presidency,” was co-sponsored by the Penn Institute for Urban Research and Next American City Magazine.

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• The Daily Report

  Philly Wins One Out of Two Important Contests Tuesday Night

  Jeffrey Hill | Wed, Apr 23rd, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Philadelphia | Tags: jeffrey hill, obama, clinton, philadelphia flyers, hockey, washington capitals | 2

  As post-primary editorials, analysis and opinion blogs stream non-stop into the exhausted ears of invested voters, NAC’s Jeffrey Hill has good news for Philadelphians- Obama may have lost, but last night in the Wachovia Center, The Philadelphia Flyers beat Washington.

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• The Daily Report

  Wither American City: Change and Hope for Urban Areas?

  Diana Lind | Tue, Apr 22nd, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Philadelphia | Tags: suburbs, republican, infrastructure, transit, diana lind, pennsylvania, democrats, ohio, texas | 1

  It’s election day in Philadelphia. And Diana Lind is not voting. Read on to find out why. 

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