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Kyla Fullenwider | Next American City | Feb 1st, 2012 | Topic: Built Environment | Region: | Cities: Baltimore, Detroit |
As certain cities across the country shrink in population, local governments are left with the task of demolishing hundreds of dangerous vacant properties. Without a national standard for contractors to follow, however, the process poses a significant health risk to the general public. (
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Danielle Brinkley | Sep 5th, 2011 | Topic: Infrastructure, Economy, Built Environment | Region: | Cities: Baltimore |
Baltimore’s Real Food Farm program launched its mobile farmers market this summer. Loaded with fresh produce planted by city youth, the “Big Blue” truck makes regular weekly stops in the city’s Belair-Edison and Coldstream-Homestead-Montebello neighborhoods. (
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Tracey Ross | Jun 7th, 2011 | Topic: Economy, Built Environment | Region: East Coast | Cities: Baltimore, New York, Washington, D.C. |
Organized playtime has seen a resurgence in cities across the U.S. Like many trends, however, this one has the potential to leave those in most need behind. (
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Julia Ramey Serazio | Jan 19th, 2011 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Baltimore, Boston, Washington, D.C. |
Today’s best reads for city-lovers, including a story about the beekeeping craze in Maryland. (
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Edward Russell | Oct 27th, 2010 | Topic: Infrastructure | Region: East Coast | Cities: Baltimore, Washington, D.C. |
Recently, Marylanders celebrated the opening of the controversial new Intercounty Connector, or ICC, built in advance of the proposed 16-mile Purple Line light rail. A look at the forces behind a complex decision about what to do with limited transit dollars. (
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Grassroutes | Yonah Freemark | Sep 30th, 2010 | Topic: Economy | Region: East Coast | Cities: Baltimore |
Amtrak hopes to improve connections to places like Baltimore and Hartford, but does that mean they’ll just become far-flung suburbs of bigger cities? (
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Grassroutes | Yonah Freemark | Apr 9th, 2010 | Topic: Infrastructure | Region: East Coast | Cities: Baltimore, Washington, D.C. |
For cities hoping to expand their transit system, does the technology choice matter? (
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Lee Shaker | Feb 12th, 2010 | Topic: Culture | Region: East Coast | Cities: Baltimore, Philadelphia |
A media expert weighs in on a new report that examines Baltimore’s local news landscape, and finds that the web is not a meaningful source of new local information, even as it undermines the big daily. (
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Julia Ramey Serazio | Nov 5th, 2009 | Topic: Infrastructure, Governance, Built Environment | Region: Central, East Coast, South | Cities: Atlanta, Baltimore |
A roundup of news from cities around the country. This week: Stimulus money for geothermal power in Reno, America’s most toxic cities, and hope for a streetcar system in Charlotte. (
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Jody Pollock | May 13th, 2009 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Philadelphia |
In her column, Divercity, Jody Pollock reports on how cities are increasingly attacking urban problems like poverty and homelessness with sports-related initiatives. (
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As certain cities across the country shrink in population, local governments are left with the task of demolishing hundreds of dangerous vacant properties. Without a national standard for contractors to follow, however, the process poses a significant health risk to the general public. (keep reading…)
Baltimore’s Real Food Farm program launched its mobile farmers market this summer. Loaded with fresh produce planted by city youth, the “Big Blue” truck makes regular weekly stops in the city’s Belair-Edison and Coldstream-Homestead-Montebello neighborhoods. (keep reading…)
Organized playtime has seen a resurgence in cities across the U.S. Like many trends, however, this one has the potential to leave those in most need behind. (keep reading…)
Today’s best reads for city-lovers, including a story about the beekeeping craze in Maryland. (keep reading…)
Recently, Marylanders celebrated the opening of the controversial new Intercounty Connector, or ICC, built in advance of the proposed 16-mile Purple Line light rail. A look at the forces behind a complex decision about what to do with limited transit dollars. (keep reading…)
Amtrak hopes to improve connections to places like Baltimore and Hartford, but does that mean they’ll just become far-flung suburbs of bigger cities? (keep reading…)
For cities hoping to expand their transit system, does the technology choice matter? (keep reading…)
A media expert weighs in on a new report that examines Baltimore’s local news landscape, and finds that the web is not a meaningful source of new local information, even as it undermines the big daily. (keep reading…)
