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• NAC News

  Songs of Cities / Issue #20 launch party was a smashing success!

  Diana Lind | Fri, Sep 12th, 2008 | Category: NAC News | City: NAC News | Tags: philadelphia, diana lind, music, new york, launch party, doug sell, songs of cities, omaha | 17

  Last night, Next American City rocked out for three hours while listening to an incredible set list culled by NAC subscriber Doug Sell. Read on to find out where the evening took us.

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• NAC News

  Issue #20 Launch Party + “Songs of the City” DJ event!

  Michelle Kuly | Thu, Sep 4th, 2008 | Category: NAC News | City: NAC News | Tags: philadelphia, nac, music, not karaoke, launch party, doug sell, dj, songs of the city, ugly american, issue 20 | 0

  Next American City will celebrate the launch of Issue 20 with a one-night only “Songs of City” music event featuring DJ (and NAC subscriber) Doug Sell next Thursday, Sept. 11 in Philadelphia…

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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, architecture, building, growth, music, historic preservation, the economist, national register of historic places, rock and roll | 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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• Headlines

  Philly Presidential Debate, Chinese Super-Cities, Carl Rowe Interview, Alphono Jackon Blues, MORE

  Jeffrey Hill | Tue, Mar 25th, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: jeffrey hill, news, obama, building, clinton, green, energy, sustainability, atlanta, china, architects, democrats, art, michael nutter, economics, music, alphonso jackson, carl rowe, chinese, austin | 0

  Philadelphia Daily News reports: “Mayor (Michael) Nutter said yesterday that he wants to get presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama to Philadelphia for a public discussion of urban issues before the April 22 Democratic primary ... Nutter said that issues affecting American cities haven’t gotten enough attention in the campaign. ‘Health care is very important,’ Nutter said. ‘The war is very, very important. But if you live at 56th and Master, you’re not as focused on what al Qaeda is doing.” MORE

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• The Daily Report

  Sound Construction: Listening to the Music of our Natural Space

  Jeffrey Hill | Sat, Dec 22nd, 2007 | Category: Report | Tags: jeffrey hill, music, japan, lynde wismer, music of natural space, sound construction, the sonic bed, melody road | 0

  Alfred Lord Tennyson once wrote: “The city is built to music, therefore never built at all, and therefore built forever.” Some of the world’s builders, architects, and engineers are focusing on a new dimension of aesthetic quality: the way our environments sound. Our sense of hearing has a lot to do with our physical and emotional health. Music often serves as our therapy—and not just the songs in our mp3 players, but the music of our natural space. The following are examples of design…

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