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  Knowing Your Neighbor, Online and Off

  Simmons Buntin | Fri, Jul 4th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Tucson | Tags: tucson, simmons buntin, website, civano, interaction, discussion forum, community design, cohousing, virtual reality, neighborhood design | 6

  There are two communities in my community.  The first is physical—thin, tree-lined streets and pocket parks, Southwestern architecture and community gardens.  The second is virtual—a community website and discussion forum, registration required. 

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• The Daily Report

  Report from the Summit on American Prosperity

  Larry Martin | Wed, Jun 25th, 2008 | Category: Events | Tags: transportation, news, building, economics, larry martin, events, website, summit, brookings, metropolitan policy program, summit on american prosperity | 0

  Over 900 attendees from 32 states attended the Summit for American Prosperity where policies were discussed and a network of cities formed. The agenda was the centrality of American cities as engines for economic prosperity.

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• Columnists

  Designing Beyond the Virtual City

  Simmons Buntin | Tue, Mar 18th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | Tags: simmons buntin, architecture, website, facebook, urban design compendium, urban design, christopher alexander, city design, good city form, website design, resources, kevin lynch, town planning, pattern languge | 0

  This website design process got me thinking about the city design process, and what they’ve got in common.  Does the virtual translate to the concrete?  No matter how technology changes, the process used to design websites is fundamentally the same.  Is that also true for cities?

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• NAC News

  The All-New Next American City: website, magazine, certain staffers… all receive makeovers.

  Jeffrey Hill | Sat, Feb 23rd, 2008 | Category: NAC News | City: NAC News | Tags: jeffrey hill, new orleans, website, magazine, caffeine, the street, staffers, makeover, 24hrs, daily report | 0

  Loyal readers and friends,

  Over the next few weeks, you will notice something a little different about Next American City. No, we’re not going dot com on you, and despite the rumors of a merge with Exxon, we are still your humble, sincere, national organization and quarterly magazine, striving to make things better for cities and the people that live in them.

  The first thing you will notice is that we’re no longer The Next American City. We’re simply Next American City. We figured…

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