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Issue 28: Comeback Cities
Fall 2010
Issue No. 28, Next American City’s largest issue yet, is dedicated to two “Comeback Cities”: New Orleans and Detroit. While we briefly look back at the disaster wrought by Hurricane Katrina and the decades-long economic decline in Detroit, we focus on the future, profiling promising new developments and dedicated local activists. The issue includes in-depth feature articles on affordable housing in New Orleans, the fight to remake New Orleans’ public schools, the entrepreneurial future of Detroit’s economy and streetcar projects in both cities. Read on for coverage of PTSD after Katrina, an interview with Detroit planner Toni Griffin, and extensive roundtable discussions about vacant land reuse and open data.
Features
- WHO RULES THE SCHOOL? 2
New Orleans’ New Teachers Try to Fix a Broken System
- TransportationMinding the Gaps 5
- The Katrina Diaspora:
What Happened When 250,000 People Left New Orleans for Houston
- HousingPutting The Home in Housing
- Farewell to the Assembly Line
Detroit’s Economic Future is Lean, Green and Entrepreneurial
Departments
- IdeasFlooded City, Troubled Minds
- IdeasThe State of the Interstate
- RoundtableThe Data Dividend 1
When it comes to making cities better, accurate and abundant data are powerful tools. In New Orleans and Detroit, which share many challenges — including vacant property and high crime and poverty — open data can help citizens improve their communities, officials strategize for effective change, and foundations and developers identify investment opportunities.
- LeadersRIGHT SIZE FITS ALL 6
- IdeasThe Future of Detroit’s Past
- IdeasMaking a Case for At-Risk Youth
- LeadersCity Strivers
- RoundtableThe Blight Watch
- Urban HistorianAsk a Metro Expert
Each month Next American City releases a new edition of the podcast Metro Matters, in which Diana Lind interviews an expert from the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program. This summer she spoke to Mark Muro, who manages the program’s public policy analysis, about the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and its potential ramifications on climate policy.
Etcetera
- ReviewsGreener Growth
