The future of urban life.

Next American City is currently seeking candidates for our Winter Session Urban Leaders Fellowship Program, a unique opportunity to write about the development of our nation’s cities.

Issue 20

Current Issue

SUBSCRIBE NOW
for exclusive online access to our issue archives and more!

City roll call

Filter by tag » ear+infections

The Daily Report
Philadelphia—city of ellipses, city of what-ifs

Hayley Richardson | Fri, Oct 12th, 2007 | Category: Commentary | Tags: hayley richardson, violence, ear infections, annette john-hall, south bronx | 1

There’s something profoundly amiss in Philadelphia.

Being no stranger to the realities of urban living, I don’t say this lightly. But its resoundingly clear that while the cogs are in place, the machine doesn’t seem to be working quite right. Or even at all.

It’s not that I’m some sort of hardened veteran. Chances are, I’ll never witness some of the horrors taking place in our neglected urban spaces. However, I would cringe at an accusation of naivete. When I was young, I had…
(more)
Page 1 of 1

Browse archives

Latest entries

Cutting Crime Pays — But At What Cost? by Diana Lind
Ed Bacon: Iconic Urbanist Now Inspiring Farms by Nick Lalla
A Third Look at California’s High-Speed Rail Project by Ben Adler
Is Rail the Future of California? by Josh Leon
New York Times Covers NOLA Charity Hospital Months After NAC by Diana Lind

Latest comments

Sam Smith: How about we give Philadelphia a break for a minute? I’m not so sure that Philly … (read)
Rail Rider: All of this will end up making the “Big Dig” look like a bargain. … (read)
Bennett: As someone who traveled to San Francisco from LA for the holidays and didn’t fly, the … (read)
RuFF: Aside from the missing information mentioned above… the author forgot to mention the benefits of people … (read)
Matthew: Apart from missing Measure R in the article, let’s not forget this major hiccup: when we … (read)

URBANEXUS

Buy Art. Look Smart.

2008 Ozzie Award-Winner

Ask An Urban Historian

Revise

Browse by category

24Hrs (1)
Commentary (245)
Events (24)
Guests (15)
Headlines (67)
Interviews (2)
Report (75)
NAC News (47)
Reviews (18)

Browse by tag

Subscribe to the Daily Report

Blogroll