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Julia Ramey Serazio | Feb 2nd, 2011 | Topic: Infrastructure | Region: | Cities: Austin, Denver, Houston, Philadelphia, San Diego |
Call them trolleys, light rail, metros—from Houston to Charlotte to San Francisco, they’re a crucial (and increasingly popular) mode of transit. (
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Worldwatch | Josh Leon | Nov 22nd, 2010 | Topic: Infrastructure, Governance, Economy | Region: Midwest | Cities: Detroit |
“Micro-entrepreneurship” and “right sizing” are catch phrases in the urban lexicon that ignore cities’ roles as sites of physical production. Places like Detroit would do well to generate knowledge sector employment but shouldn’t be abandoned as manufacturing centers. (
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Julia Ramey Serazio | Oct 25th, 2010 | Topic: Governance | Region: South | Cities: Austin |
An interview with Marvin Chaney, Program Specialist with the Texas Water Development Board. (
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Julia Ramey Serazio | May 24th, 2010 | Topic: Infrastructure | Region: | Cities: Austin, Los Angeles |
At NAC, we receive dozens of books each year. Here, a collection of new and interesting titles about urbanism, sustainable development and social justice. (
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Julia Ramey Serazio | Nov 9th, 2009 | Topic: Culture | Region: South | Cities: Austin, Dallas, Houston |
An online-only newspaper, the Texas Tribune, takes wing, focusing less on car crashes and more on the politics and policies of the Lone Star State. (
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Julia Ramey Serazio | Sep 11th, 2009 | Topic: Built Environment | Region: | Cities: Austin, New York, San Francisco, Seattle |
A roundup of the week’s news from America’s cities. (
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Diana Lind | Next American City | Dec 11th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Austin, New York |
In his seminal book,
America, Baudrillard suggests that to understand the American city: “you should begin with the screen and move outwards towards the city.” The Society for Moving Images about the Built Environment — or
SMIBE — has taken that quote literally. Its latest endeavor is a first annual contest for short films. This year’s theme is “Story about a Place.” More information after the jump.
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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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Jeffrey Hill | Mar 25th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Atlanta, Austin |
Philadelphia Daily News reports: “Mayor (Michael) Nutter said yesterday that he wants to get presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama to Philadelphia for a public discussion of urban issues before the April 22 Democratic primary ... Nutter said that issues affecting American cities haven’t gotten enough attention in the campaign. ‘Health care is very important,’ Nutter said. ‘The war is very, very important. But if you live at 56th and Master, you’re not as focused on what al Qaeda is doing.” MORE (
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Meredith Aska McBride | Feb 28th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Austin |
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Call them trolleys, light rail, metros—from Houston to Charlotte to San Francisco, they’re a crucial (and increasingly popular) mode of transit. (keep reading…)
“Micro-entrepreneurship” and “right sizing” are catch phrases in the urban lexicon that ignore cities’ roles as sites of physical production. Places like Detroit would do well to generate knowledge sector employment but shouldn’t be abandoned as manufacturing centers. (keep reading…)
An interview with Marvin Chaney, Program Specialist with the Texas Water Development Board. (keep reading…)
At NAC, we receive dozens of books each year. Here, a collection of new and interesting titles about urbanism, sustainable development and social justice. (keep reading…)
An online-only newspaper, the Texas Tribune, takes wing, focusing less on car crashes and more on the politics and policies of the Lone Star State. (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…)
Philadelphia Daily News reports: “Mayor (Michael) Nutter said yesterday that he wants to get presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama to Philadelphia for a public discussion of urban issues before the April 22 Democratic primary ... Nutter said that issues affecting American cities haven’t gotten enough attention in the campaign. ‘Health care is very important,’ Nutter said. ‘The war is very, very important. But if you live at 56th and Master, you’re not as focused on what al Qaeda is doing.” MORE (keep reading…)
