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• The Daily Report

  Op-ed: Diversity and the changing face of suburbia

  Next American City | Fri, Jul 18th, 2008 | Category: Report | Tags: suburbs, edward blakely, robert lang, diversity | 0

  Adapted from an essay in Next American City, this op-ed by Robert Lang and Edward Blakely explores the state of the American suburb.

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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, neighborhoods, ventura, urbanism, pasadena, azusa, southern california, downtown redevelopment, great neighborhoods | 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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• The Daily Report

  NAC Exclusive Interview With Domenic Vitiello

  Scott Gabriel Knowles | Tue, May 20th, 2008 | Category: Guests | City: Philadelphia | Tags: philadelphia, building, suburbs, growth, interview, 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, retirement, retirees, seniors, senior citizens | 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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• The Daily Report

  Wither American City: Change and Hope for Urban Areas?

  Diana Lind | Tue, Apr 22nd, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Philadelphia | Tags: suburbs, republican, infrastructure, transit, pennsylvania, democrats, diana lind, ohio, texas | 1

  It’s election day in Philadelphia. And Diana Lind is not voting. Read on to find out why. 

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• The Daily Report

  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, mortgage, jobs, metro, 2008, washington dc, larry martin, bus, consumers, inflation, sprawl, gas prices, traffic, 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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• The Daily Report

  The Green List - Milk, Eggs, Bread, Fluorescent bulbs, Hybrid Cars…

  Jeffrey Hill | Sat, Apr 12th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | Tags: jeffrey hill, environment, suburbs, energy, green, sustainability, money, politicians, produce, taxpayers, consumers, connecticut, green shopping, going green, leed | 1

  Shopping green is good for businesses, political groups, builders, car companies, and oh, the environment. Knocking on doors and pressuring citizens to buy compact fluorescent bulbs and other marked products does not show concern or respect for our environment. It implies that people who cannot afford consumer goods are bad for the planet.

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• The Daily Report

  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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• The Daily Report

  Cities trade with suburbs - slums for luxury housing

  Jeffrey Hill | Wed, Mar 19th, 2008 | Category: Report | Tags: jeffrey hill, building, suburbs, 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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• 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, andrea floyd, nola yurp, 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

  NAC site revamp Historic Hot House, Grass vs. Turf, Fare Hikes, More…

  Hayley Richardson | Mon, Mar 3rd, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: hayley richardson, suburbs, california, headlines, crime, seattle, las vegas, nuclear reactor building, historic hot house, synthetic turf, mta, fare, m-hotel | 0

  First off, our posts will be a little sparser over the next few days (read: we won’t post anything) while we finish last minute revisions of our new Website (launching quite soon). Stay tuned.

  Now, headlines:

  Historic Hot House

  

  “If you thought landmarking a diner that was once a Denny’s is pushing the preservation envelope, how about putting a nuclear reactor building on the National Historic Register? Before you scoff, learn just a bit about a remarkable, little-known modern…

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• The Daily Report

  Defining the Middle Class

  Jeffrey Hill | Thu, Dec 20th, 2007 | Category: Commentary | Tags: jeffrey hill, suburbs, average, salary, chicago tribune, defining the middle class, what is the middle class, middle class | 4

  I recently read this article in The Chicago Tribune concerning the ambiguous definition of the “middle-class” and how freely the term is tossed around in conversation, the media and in politics. The article cites a number of studies, including one by the U.S. Census Board. The combination of results placed the “middle-class” mark between 40,000 and 100,000 dollars of income per year, per family. As you can see by these “scientific” results, the divide between poverty and…

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