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  Economic Success Of Megaregions Depends On Infrastructure

  Jeffrey Hill | Wed, Jul 9th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Atlanta | Tags: jeffrey hill, news, transportation, obama, economy, california, growth, infrastructure, president, jobs, atlanta, china, metro, internet, 2008, democrats, florida, mccain, development, editorial, 1960s, cuts, 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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• The Daily Report

  Elusive Street Art Unites Urban Dwellers Online

  Brian Krier | Fri, Jun 6th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | Tags: blogging, internet, art, brian krier, interaction, urban art, banksy, artists, streetsy, street art, gothamist, jake dobkin | 0

  To some, the term “street art” is merely a glorification of vandalism, a common hallmark of urban blight. But for many others, street art is a legitimate form of expression and a vital component of the urban experience. Artists and enthusiasts share a common ground: the Internet, where street art takes on its most unifying and democratizing form.

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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, energy, growth, president, internet, 2008, oil, ohio, labor, atlantic, 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, crime, seattle, growth, 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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• The Daily Report

  Neighborhoods as Brands: Imagining the Globalocal Future

  Brendan Crain | Thu, Mar 20th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | Tags: gentrification, internet, manhattan, advertising, dubai, brendan crain, lyons, glocalization | 1

  The French city of Lyons is being reproduced on the outskirts of Dubai, presumably for the value of Lyons’ “cultural cachet.” Can something as ephemeral and elusive as the “sense of place” of Lyons be copied and pasted onto a desert thousands of miles from the original?  Might it be possible that, in a world run by adults raised in virtual copies of real-world places refashioned, essentially, as brands, the wholesale reproduction of city neighborhoods could become commonplace around the world?

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