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• Columnists

  Brookings: U.S. Is Literally Falling Apart

  Jeffrey Hill | Sat, Jul 26th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Washington, D.C. | Tags: jeffrey hill, economy, education, energy, infrastructure, jobs, money, politicians, democrats, oil, katrina, mccain, research, minneapolis, traffic, virginia, budget, investment, brookings, trains, brookings institute, planning, broadband, tim kaine, manufacturing, communications, fcc, technology | 0

  Next American City’s Jeffrey Hill was on hand at The Brookings Institute’s Hamilton Project panel discussion last Friday, validating his predictions over the last few months over infrastructure. As Linda Richman would say - America’s infrastructure is neither “in” nor “structured,” discuss…

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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, detroit, building, homeless, brooklyn, katrina, research, taxpayers, events, next american city, schools, issue 19, issue preview, summer issue, next 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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• Headlines

  Border Patrol Shafts NAC, Ringo Starr Beheaded (sort of), Clinton’s Rust Belt Promises, MORE

  Jeffrey Hill | Tue, Apr 8th, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: headlines, clinton, seattle, nac, katrina, michelle kuly, hillary, rust belt, pha, ringo starr, aaron neville, u.s. border patrol | 0

  Michelle Kuly, our publisher and fearless leader (referred to as “The Winnipeg Woman” by CBC), is denied re-entry into the U.S., Ringo Starr meets Billy’s shears, Hillary Clinton’s proposed Rust Belt revival, New Orleans hosts Jazz fest, Seattle saves art spaces ... this and more in today’s headlines.

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• Headlines

  Martin Luther King Remembered, Public-Housing Not Remembered, New Orleans Economic Immunity, More

  Jeffrey Hill | Fri, Apr 4th, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: environment, hillary clinton, news, obama, barack obama, headlines, clinton, infrastructure, foreclosure, architecture, green, homeless, mortgage, boston, architects, katrina, foreclosures, beijing, japan, janet speyrer, oakland, bronx, new york mets, dr. janet speyrer, kyoto, new york yankees, boston red sox, martin luther king jr. | 0

  America evaluates change since Martin Luther King Jr.’s death, democratic presidential candidates still ignoring key city issues, economist Janet Speyrer offers insight on how recession may or may not impact New Orleans, Kyoto passes new accord and more in today’s headlines.

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• Headlines

  Corruption in New Orleans, Phone-book free Cambridge, Toll Skepticism, MORE…

  Hayley Richardson | Fri, Mar 21st, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: transportation, building, green, brooklyn, katrina, atlantic, corruption, tolls | 1

  Headlines for March 21st 2008.

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• The Daily Report

  Sparking Creativity - A Recap of Next American City’s New Orleans Symposium

  Jeffrey Hill | Mon, Mar 17th, 2008 | Category: Events | Tags: jeffrey hill, suburbs, nac, katrina, video, economics, blake haney, nola yurp, andrea floyd, timolynn sams, janet speyrey | 2

  Sparking Creativity was moderated by Nathan Rothstein of NOLA YURP as well as NAC contributing writer and editor Brentin Mock. The panel consisted of Dirty Coast T-Shirt company creative director Blake Haney, Neighborhood Partnership Network director Timolynn Sams, Consciously Rebuilding co-founder Andrea Floyd, and Dr. Janet Speyrer, associate dean for research and economics at the University of New Orleans.

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• Headlines

  Dangerous Obesity, Mississippi Skyline, Halted Downtowns, more

  Hayley Richardson | Mon, Feb 25th, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: hayley richardson, new york city, los angeles, downtown, construction, katrina, skyliine, traffic plateau, green cart, obesity, mississippi skyline, traffic growth, st louis, architectural tension, small business | 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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• The Daily Report

  The Phantom Urban Debate

  Scott Gabriel Knowles | Thu, Nov 22nd, 2007 | Category: Commentary | Tags: obama, new orleans, katrina, scott gabriel knowles, presidential campaign, times picayunne, edwards, phantom urban debate, urban debate | 0

  This week the Commission on Presidential Debates announced the locations for the three candidate match-ups next fall: Oxford, Mississippi, Nashville, and Hempstead, New York.  Louisiana elected officials and New Orleanians immediately decried the Crescent City’s absence from the list of three.  Senator Mary Landrieu noted in a Times-Picayune article that New Orleans was the only city of the sixteen applicants to have bipartisan support among the candidates, including Democratic Senators…

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