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Brendan Crain | Mar 19th, 2010 | Topic: Culture, Built Environment | Region: | Cities: Houston, San Francisco |
Brendan Crain wonders why the upcoming Shanghai Expo can’t follow Vancouver’s lead and absorb the new structures into the urban landscape after the event is over. (
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Michelle Kuly | Oct 23rd, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: |
Next American City kicked-off our URBANEXUS series on Oct. 29 & Oct. 31 in Los Angeles. Find a slideshow of the event plus full audio of Mark Vallianatos’ speech right here on
AmericanCity.org! (
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Michelle Kuly | Oct 16th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Los Angeles |
Join us in Los Angeles for the kick-off of
Next American City’s URBANEXUS event series. With special guests Mark Vallianatos, Chris Hawthorne, Sam Lubell and others… (
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Diana Lind | Aug 6th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: New York |
MoMA’s big summer show is called Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling. If this is the future of architecture, I regrettably have to say I want no part of it. (
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Jeremy Rosenberg | Jul 14th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Austin, Los Angeles |
The tops of L.A.‘s buildings are bland as a smogless sunset. But at least this design saves lives — right? (
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Diana Lind | Jul 11th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Philadelphia |
Yesterday the Inky dealt the latest blow to the city’s self-esteem: in the past seven years, Philly’s run a population deficit of 68,000. The only American city to lose more people was New Orleans. (
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Simmons Buntin | May 30th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Pittsburgh |
All the recent Phoenix Mars Lander hullabaloo has got me thinking about what the first Earth-built city on Mars would look like. Who would get the opportunity to plan that city, and would we find the amenities that make Earth’s best urban spaces also make for the best cities on the Red Planet? (
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Jeffrey Hill | Apr 4th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: |
America evaluates change since Martin Luther King Jr.‘s death, democratic presidential candidates still ignoring key city issues, economist Janet Speyrer offers insight on how recession may or may not impact New Orleans, Kyoto passes new accord and more in today’s headlines. (
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Jeffrey Hill | Apr 1st, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Austin |
New reports shows 50 of the largest cities in the U.S. have high school graduation rates lower than 50 percent. Philadelphia City Council rethinks urban planning strategy. David & Joyce Dinkins Gardens, built in Harlem, features green standards and
Next American City chosen as one of the panelists to grill big oil companies at new congressional hearing? Today’s headlines. (
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Simmons Buntin | Mar 26th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: |
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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Brendan Crain wonders why the upcoming Shanghai Expo can’t follow Vancouver’s lead and absorb the new structures into the urban landscape after the event is over. (keep reading…)
The tops of L.A.‘s buildings are bland as a smogless sunset. But at least this design saves lives — right? (keep reading…)
Yesterday the Inky dealt the latest blow to the city’s self-esteem: in the past seven years, Philly’s run a population deficit of 68,000. The only American city to lose more people was New Orleans. (keep reading…)
All the recent Phoenix Mars Lander hullabaloo has got me thinking about what the first Earth-built city on Mars would look like. Who would get the opportunity to plan that city, and would we find the amenities that make Earth’s best urban spaces also make for the best cities on the Red Planet? (keep reading…)
New reports shows 50 of the largest cities in the U.S. have high school graduation rates lower than 50 percent. Philadelphia City Council rethinks urban planning strategy. David & Joyce Dinkins Gardens, built in Harlem, features green standards and Next American City chosen as one of the panelists to grill big oil companies at new congressional hearing? Today’s headlines. (keep reading…)
