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  A Region on the Brink: the Southern Intermountain West

  Brian Krier | Mon, Aug 4th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | Tags: growth, arizona, brian krier, immigration, brookings institution, colorado, megaregions, southern intermountain west, report, metropolitan places, western cities | 0

  Last week, the Brookings Institution released its latest report from its Blueprint for American Prosperity initiative. The report, entitled “Mountain Megas: America’s Newest Metropolitan Places and a Federal Partnership to Help Them Prosper,” highlights the Southern Intermountain West – a region developing at a rate presently unparalleled elsewhere in the country, bringing with it all the blessings and burdens of rapid growth.

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• Columnists

  Is It True That Nobody Walks in L.A.?

  Simmons Buntin | Thu, Jul 17th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Los Angeles | Tags: simmons buntin, suburbs, california, los angeles, growth, denver, new urbanism, smart growth, great neighborhoods, southern california, neighborhoods, downtown redevelopment, urbanism, pasadena, ventura, azusa | 0

  “Walkin’ in L.A., nobody walks in L.A.,” sings the 80s band Missing Persons. But from the handful of times I’ve been to L.A. — including my trip two weeks ago — I can’t help but think the song is only half right.  And the resurgence of great Los Angeles-area neighborhoods and cities is due to public leaders like Rick Cole, Ventura city manager, who are after the “authentic” in city design and development.

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  Economic Success Of Megaregions Depends On Infrastructure

  Jeffrey Hill | Wed, Jul 9th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Atlanta | Tags: jeffrey hill, transportation, news, obama, california, economy, growth, infrastructure, president, jobs, democrats, atlanta, metro, internet, china, 2008, florida, mccain, development, editorial, cuts, 1960s, investment, commerce, france, gas, birmingham, maria saporta | 5

  Maria Saporta’s editorial on economic global competitiveness and megaregions hones in on the most important issue for the future of southeastern U.S. cities - mobility. However, the rest of the world isn’t waiting for experts from the Piedmont-Atlantic megaregion to unite and find direction.

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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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• Columnists

  The New Milwaukeeans: Making Sense of Population Growth in the Cream City

  Dave Steele | Mon, May 19th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Milwaukee | 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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• The Daily Report

  Condo Country: Seniors Ditch Florida For The Windy City

  Jeffrey Hill | Mon, May 12th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Chicago | Tags: jeffrey hill, suburbs, economy, growth, transit, chicago, florida, rodney rothman, retirees, seniors, senior citizens, retirement | 4

  As America’s baby boomers grow older and economic woes shift the elderly from suburbs to center city, developers capitalize on the demographics as seen in Chicago, where billions of dollars are being spent to transform the Windy City into the next Boca Raton.

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  Sprawl in D.C. is Sputtering to a Stop

  Larry Martin | Mon, Apr 21st, 2008 | Category: Report | City: Washington, D.C. | Tags: transportation, news, suburbs, economy, growth, transit, jobs, mortgage, metro, 2008, washington dc, larry martin, bus, consumers, inflation, traffic, sprawl, gas prices, virginia | 0

  Sprawl in the Metro-DC area has all but stopped.  The deflating housing bubble, price inflation and the economic downturn accomplished (at least temporarily) what slow-growth advocates were achieving at best, very slowly.  However, with a growing economy the DC suburbs are reeling not only from the sub-prime mortgage bust; there are strong indications that the region’s residents are beginning to calculate the cost of transportation to and from work into their housing selection.

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• Headlines

  Moms Fight High Food Costs, Wind Power and Turnaround Schools for Boston, Trees for New York, More

  Jeffrey Hill | Mon, Apr 21st, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: jeffrey hill, new york city, news, headlines, growth, education, cnn, boston, arizona, wind power, schools, inflation, gas prices, arthur simpson, maui | 0

  America’s moms are cutting back the grocery bill with homemade products, Maui preserves lifestyle in new urban growth plan, Boston’s new wind power facility, Arthur Simpson talks trees in New York and more in today’s headlines.

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• The Daily Report

  City Transit May Need More Than “Technical Corrections”

  Evan Miller | Wed, Apr 16th, 2008 | Category: Guests | City: Seattle | Tags: transportation, california, republican, growth, seattle, transit, evan miller, legislation, the new argument, democrats, construction, highway, gop, laws, congress, advocate, nevada | 0

  Rail transit systems across America increase urban livability and contribute to the development and growth of cities. With this in mind, will members of congress fight for this much sought after form of city transit, or will they be blinded by partisanship and legislative technicalities? Evan Miller of The New Argument reports. 

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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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• The Daily Report

  “Glocalization,” Neighborhoods as Brands

  Brendan Crain | Tue, Apr 8th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | Tags: environment, downtown, growth, crime, seattle, gentrification, boston, internet, denver, manhattan, advertising, 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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  Key Magazine: Unlocking Urban Realities?

  Diana Lind | Mon, Apr 7th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | Tags: new york city, suburbs, growth, foreclosure, brooklyn, diana lind, magazine, new york times, real estate, key magazine | 3

  This past weekend saw the latest edition of the New York Times’s Key magazine. Usually a source of real estate porn, the magazine usually looks at the froth in the housing market and winks. With the exception of a piece about a company that tends to magnates’ private wineries, the latest issue was decidedly sober. More details in today’s featured commentary by Next American City editor Diana Lind.
  

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• Columnists

  What Rock ‘n Roll and the National Register of Historic Places (Don’t) Have in Common

  Simmons Buntin | Wed, Mar 26th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | Tags: tucson, simmons buntin, building, growth, architecture, historic preservation, music, the economist, rock and roll, national register of historic places | 0

  Hey buddy, being old doesn’t make it classic.  The same is true for architecture, though here I substitute historic for classic.  A recent article in The Economist troubles me in a similar way. 

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• The Daily Report

  Cities trade with suburbs - slums for luxury housing

  Jeffrey Hill | Wed, Mar 19th, 2008 | Category: Report | Tags: jeffrey hill, suburbs, building, 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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  Building a 21st Century Economy in America’s Older Industrial Areas: Is growth always positive?

  Hayley Richardson | Sun, Dec 16th, 2007 | Category: Report | Tags: hayley richardson, economy, growth, is growth always positive, 21st century economy, pittsburg, older industrial areas, american assembly report, harper's magazine | 0

  
  Image/logo courtesy of the American Assembly.

  Recently released: a report from The American Assembly’s November 8th Conference in Hershey, PA entitled, “Retooling for Growth: Building a 21st Century Economy in America’s Older Industrial Areas. “ It’s an exploration that fits in nicely with TNAC’s current cover story, which examines how Pittsburgh is dealing with the post industrial bind that many cities have found themselves in: a dwindling population, job loss, and crumbling…

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