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  Activists to Turn Parking Spaces into Green Spaces

  Brian Krier | Fri, Aug 22nd, 2008 | Category: Events | City: Los Angeles | Tags: brian krier, parks, public space, green space, parking, land use, guerilla gardening, park(ing) day | 3

  Between all the mammoth S.U.V.s, boxy minivans and compact cars, parallel parking in any city can be a nightmare. Come Sept. 19, drivers in cities around the world vying for curbside parking will also have to compete with potted plants, park benches and some clever environmental activists. 

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  Picking the Perfect City in The Relocating Game

  Jeffrey Hill | Tue, Jun 24th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Bakersfield | Tags: jeffrey hill, philadelphia, detroit, california, economy, crime, education, energy, transit, city-data.com, nac, research, alaska, forbes, lists, parks, salary, juneau, relocating, moving, new city, city data, bakersfield | 9

  Next American City’s Jeffrey Hill is leaving Philadelphia, but not before a tiring search for a new city that, in a matter of a few weeks, turned him into a stockpile of statistics on the nuances of America. Hill reveals some hints and secrets on playing the relocation game.

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  Results of Seattle’s Test of Automatic Toilets Underwhelming

  Evan Miller | Tue, May 20th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Seattle | Tags: environment, seattle, evan miller, homeless, the new argument, money, alley, taxpayers, paris, luxury, crack, restaurants, parks, toilet | 0

  A test gone awry brings the end to a trial contract between the city of Seattle and a German manufacturer of high-tech automatic toilets. But is such an abrupt end to a pilot program designed to quell public urination and defecation necessary? Surely these silver self-cleaning cylindrical facilities were not the boon the city was expecting, but were they really the bane? The New Argument’s Evan Miller reports.

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