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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, california, economy, crime, energy, education, transit, city-data.com, nac, research, alaska, forbes, lists, parks, salary, juneau, relocating, city data, moving, 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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• NAC News

  Next American City Issue 19 Preview!

  Jeffrey Hill | Wed, May 28th, 2008 | Category: NAC News | City: NAC News | Tags: jeffrey hill, environment, philadelphia, building, detroit, homeless, brooklyn, katrina, research, taxpayers, next american city, events, schools, issue 19, issue preview, next issue, summer issue | 0

  Our new issue hits shelves on June 1 - just a few days away! Issue 19, “The New School,” features stories on New Oreleans’ Charity Hospital, Co-op schools in Brooklyn, Demolition in Detroit, Homelessness in L.A., Escalators in Philadelphia and much more! Also, interviews with Wendy Walters, Jake Dobkin and David Wilson. Here’s a little preview of what’s to come!

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• Columnists

  A Global Wake Up Call for Middle America

  Dave Steele | Thu, Apr 10th, 2008 | Category: Reviews | City: Chicago | Tags: dave steele, milwaukee, transportation, detroit, economy, infrastructure, chicago, labor, midwest, 1970s, richard longworth | 1

  Richard Longworth wants you to know two things: First, globalization is happening and it will continue to change the world. Second, if you live in the Midwest, you’d better be very afraid about your region’s chances of competing in an increasingly “flat” world. 

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• Headlines

  Union-ited? Sleepless in San Diego, Gas Prices, Canada: South of the Border, but no cigar?

  David Anderson | Wed, Apr 9th, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: detroit, obama, headlines, clinton, growth, energy, president, internet, oil, 2008, labor, atlantic, ohio, casino, advertising, david henderson | 0

  Long-awaited voice in primary for PA unions, Detroit mayorial saga, San Diego not staying classy, laptops for all, Canada: now south of the border, $4 gas, What happens in AC, stays in AC, and Botswana looking to U.S. for engineers

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• Headlines

  City graduation rates, Harlem’s green building, Ralph Rapson dies, Next American City vs. Big Oil?

  Jeffrey Hill | Tue, Apr 1st, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: jeffrey hill, environment, news, building, detroit, energy, green, architecture, oil, minneapolis, harlem, forbes, austin, whole foods, toyota, ralph rapson | 0

  New reports shows 50 of the largest cities in the U.S. have high school graduation rates lower than 50 percent. Philadelphia City Council rethinks urban planning strategy. David & Joyce Dinkins Gardens, built in Harlem, features green standards and Next American City chosen as one of the panelists to grill big oil companies at new congressional hearing? Today’s headlines.

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• The Daily Report

  Greetings From an Awesome Future: BLDGBLOG’s Geoff Manaugh Comes to Philadelphia

  Hayley Richardson | Tue, Mar 25th, 2008 | Category: Reviews | Tags: detroit, camilo vergara, sarejevo, bldgblog book, landscape futures, jg ballard, university of pennsylvania, bldgblog, ben franklin parkway, walkable cities, jean baudrillard, geoff manaugh | 0

  Geoff Manaugh, the puppeteer behind the much-loved BLDGBLOG and purveyor of all things speculative, spoke Friday at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Design. He regaled the crowd with tales from the landscape future, in a lecture that was akin to a mad dash through the head of a child who’s interested in everything, and won’t be deterred by practical constraints.

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• Headlines

  Release of Clinton documents, Detroit mayorial scandal, Supreme Court discussion on guns, and more

  David Anderson | Wed, Mar 19th, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: hillary clinton, detroit, obama, david anderson, los angeles, economy, energy, oil, police, corruption, lobbyist, policemen, gun control, std, fed, supreme court, stocks, utah, st. louis | 0

  Notable excerpts of the day on the election, Supreme Court, stocks, energy, corruption, lobbyists, police, Utah’s STDs, and more from all over the country.

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• The Daily Report

  The day Forbes senior editor Kurt Badenhausen listed 10 “miserable” cities.

  Jeffrey Hill | Fri, Feb 1st, 2008 | Category: Commentary | Tags: commentary, jeffrey hill, detroit, forbes, misery index, forbes.com, miserable cities, bill laimbeer, top 10, kurt badenhausen | 2

  There are people that cause problems and there are people who solve them. Life can be exciting when you get to the batter’s box—when it’s your turn to contribute your thoughts on a relevant issue and you’ve been given an audience. At The Next American City, stories and ideas are birthed from conception between problems and solutions. Whether it’s connecting our readers with innovative people or pointing the way towards resourceful information, TNAC’s modus operandi is to allow the reader…

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• The Daily Report

  No Comment on Guns, Infrastructure Task Force, an Urban Primary

  Mike Muller | Tue, Jan 22nd, 2008 | Category: Commentary | Tags: commentary, mike muller, detroit, election 2008, infrastructure, cityvote, second amendment, urban primary, illegal guns | 0

  Survey of Presidential Candidates’ Positions on Illegal Guns Ignored

  A campaign by the Mayors Against Illegal Guns coalition to get presidential candidates to focus on the issue was totally ignored. The coalition, which is made up of 270 mayors and was co-founded by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, had distributed a survey to all the candidates in both major parties, asking where they stood on such issues as access to gun data, the toughening of penalties for illegal firearm…

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• Headlines

  Yupsters for Clinton, joggers = anti-dogs, bridge collapse, chillin’ at the maul, more

  David Anderson | Wed, Jan 16th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Headlines | Tags: commentary, hillary clinton, detroit, san francisco, supreme court, cattle, zoo, dogs, joggers, tiger attack, new york state | 0

  Over-25 vote gave Clinton crucial edge

  “There are at least three potential explanations for the difference between the under-25 and the over-25 vote: that the nature of Clinton’s pitch to young voters had more appeal to voters in their late 20s; that 25 is about the age at which Clinton nostalgia may still kick in; and that Obama had a stronger organization on campus, while Clinton had a better field operation in the cities where young adults are most likely to live.”

  “Finally, there…

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• The Daily Report

  Kerner Commission redux, MoMa’s new heights, Degentrification, more…

  Hayley Richardson | Fri, Nov 16th, 2007 | Category: Commentary | Tags: commentary, hayley richardson, detroit, headlines, degentrification, cities in film, kerner commission, red hook, moma's new heights, london's experiment | 0

  Kerner Commission to Revisit Detroit

  The problems that Detroit faces; lack of regional equity and cooperation with the suburbs. segregated schools and housing that fosters a sense of hopelessness, will be explored Saturday at WSU as the reconstituted Kerner Commission makes Detroit its first stop on a six-city national tour of hearings on race, poverty and inequality.

  Such disparities—factors that contributed to Detroit’s riot and others and created a larger racial…

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