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ReportWilliam Fulton’s Tribute to Robert Maguire
Next American City | Tue, Jun 3, 2008 | Tags: building, los angeles, california, downtown, architects, next american city, development, robert maguire, william fulton | 0
Yesterday, L.A. Times ran this tribute piece by William Fulton. “He took downtown to a new place” is an ode to an urban planner that, in Fulton’s words, defined a decade of development.
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CommentaryThe New Milwaukeeans: Making Sense of Population Growth in the Cream City
Dave Steele | Mon, May 19, 2008 | Tags: dave steele, milwaukee, suburbs, downtown, growth, jobs, schools, immigration, population growth, populatioin, census, latino, cream city | 3
After forty years in the statistical doldrums, what does Milwaukee make of a sudden, slight increase in population? Local expert and urban enthusiast Dave Steele reports.
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HeadlinesEvent Recap: NAC in San Francisco + Haiku?
Tue, May 6, 2008 | Tags: building, san francisco, downtown, michelle kuly, symposium, events, pooja shah, popos, spur, swig, accessibility | 0
Last month, NAC’s Michelle Kuly and Pooja Shah visited San Francisco last month for the “Space in the City” symposium, subscriber cocktail party at Swig and EcoCity 2008 conference. Michelle even penned a thank you haiku to friends and supporters. More…
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CommentaryGhosts as Urban Indicators
Simmons Buntin | Thu, May 1, 2008 | Tags: simmons buntin, downtown, arizona, historic preservation, bisbee, urban indicators, ghost town, economic development, mining, ghosts | 0
Given its wild history, mountain geography, and distinct architecture, it’s no wonder that people would want to haunt the historic mining town of Bisbee, Arizona. But what do the town’s ghosts tell us about the livability of this place? What kind of urban indicator can spirits be?
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HeadlinesHospitals’ suburban push, fundamentalist children, blue-collar hybrids, more
Thu, Apr 10, 2008 | Tags: transportation, downtown, headlines, boston, oil, construction, china, police, taxpayers, consumers, chinese, new york times, olympics, hybrids, sect | 0
Hospitals’ stir fears, sect youths conditioned to deceive outsiders, Olympic torch relay switches route and more in today’s headlines.
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Commentary“Glocalization,” Neighborhoods as Brands
Brendan Crain | Tue, Apr 8, 2008 | Tags: environment, downtown, growth, crime, seattle, boston, gentrification, internet, denver, advertising, manhattan, brendan crain | 1
The average American sees several thousands of advertisements each day—the most commonly accepted estimate is 3,000. It is no secret in our society that a large chunk of advertising and marketing efforts are directed at children ... Whether or not you think that advertising’s influence on young minds is positive or negative, no one can deny the fact that this massive onslaught of commercialism has some sort of effect, developmentally, on children. And, since these children will, in a generation or so, be reshaping our cities, how might these developmental changes effect the urban environment? Perhaps some clues are already rising to the surface.
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HeadlinesMore Olympic news, Stories from D.C., Florida HUD goes Local, Golf Sprawl, MORE
Mon, Apr 7, 2008 | Tags: jeffrey hill, building, downtown, cnn, headlines, chicago, china, police, protests, sprawl, paris, suburb, olympics, bob king, upenn, golf, washington post, university of penn | 0
Tibetan protesters continue their focus on China’s olympic march, UPenn students win student urban design competition, Florida HUD returns to local control, Hispanics contribute $60 billion to the telecommunications industry ... this and more in today’s headlines.
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CommentarySubconscious Segregation: Boundaries Still Separate Cities.
Jeffrey Hill | Fri, Apr 4, 2008 | Tags: jeffrey hill, downtown, crime, education, infrastructure, transit, metro, construction, art, baltimore, bus, mcdonalds, utopia, buses, minorities, martin luther king, racial segregation, dr. martin luther king jr. | 0
The newswire is flooded with memorials today—odes to a man who gave his life to racial harmony. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered on this day 40 years ago. As journalists, writers and broadcasters compare his legacy to the progress of race relations in America, there are still many barriers, both physical and subconscious, that separate cultural communities in cities.
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HeadlinesDenver mortgage woes, L.A. mayor’s skid-row fiasco, Jackson’s portrait, MORE
Wed, Apr 2, 2008 | Tags: news, david anderson, downtown, headlines, crime, energy, foreclosure, homeless, mortgage, construction, atlanta, police, denver, alphonso jackson, dollar, founder, churches, skid row | 0
Mortgage defaults force Denver exodus, protestors interrupt Los Angeles mayor at Skid Row announcement, a silent killer stalks world of urban farming, former HUD secretary Alphonso Jackson forgets to pack painted portrait on his way out and a developer’s mixed-use project pays homage to Savannah’s roots. This and more in today’s headlines.
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EventsNAC attends ‘Reinventing Older Communities - How Does Place Matter?’ conference
Jeffrey Hill | Thu, Mar 27, 2008 | Tags: jeffrey hill, transportation, downtown, infrastructure, politicians, architects, highway, michael nutter, federal reserve bank, peter steinbrueck, how does place matter, valentino castellani, peter kelley, 2006 winter olympics, italian, highway teardown, italy, torino | 0
The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia sponsored a three-day conference at the Marriott Philadelphia Downtown Hotel from March 26 to 28, 2008. “Reinventing Older Communities” drew hundreds of politicians, planners, and architects, including Mayor of Philadelphia Michael Nutter and former Mayor of Torino, Italy, Valentino Castellani, whose administration served during the 2006 Winter Olympic games. The focus of the conference was sustainable design with consideration to historic urban communities.
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ReportA Bronze Fonz? A Revealing Tussle over Public Art in Milwaukee
Dave Steele | Wed, Mar 26, 2008 | Tags: dave steele, milwaukee, downtown, chicago, art, tourism, 1970s, public art, beer, picasso, fonzie, tv characters | 8
An uproar over a statue of the 1970s TV icon says more about its city than any piece of public art could.
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ReportCities trade with suburbs - slums for luxury housing
Jeffrey Hill | Wed, Mar 19, 2008 | Tags: jeffrey hill, building, suburbs, downtown, growth, crime, foreclosure, mortgage, metro, foreclosures, atlantic, luxury, populuxe, migration, christopher leinberger, the new slum | 1
Christopher Leinberger explores “The Next Slum” in this thought-provoking article on Atlantic.com
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Headlines Dangerous Obesity, Mississippi Skyline, Halted Downtowns, more
Mon, Feb 25, 2008 | Tags: hayley richardson, new york city, los angeles, downtown, construction, katrina, skyliine, traffic plateau, green cart, mississippi skyline, obesity, architectural tension, small business, st louis, traffic growth | 0
Manhattanville’s Architectural Tension
“Beyond the glass and steel illustrations of Columbia’s planned Manhattanville buildings is a tension between preserving the aesthetic aspects of the neighborhood and convincing local residents to embrace a modern look.Although architecture alone does not create a space, design wields powerful force in helping to sculpt not only the physical characteristics, but also the emotional and psychological mood of a neighborhood. “What the community…
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