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Ben Adler | Jan 13th, 2009 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: New York |
The Catholic school population in New York City is dropping precipitously, but why? (
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Urban Nation | Ben Adler | Jan 2nd, 2009 | Topic: Urban Nation | Region: Urban Nation | Cities: Detroit, Las Vegas, Washington, D.C., Urban Nation |
Ben Adler takes a stab at Next American City’s all-important four questions for the New Year. (
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Urban Nation | Ben Adler | Dec 28th, 2008 | Topic: Urban Nation | Region: Urban Nation | Cities: New York, Urban Nation |
A holiday visit to my grandmother’s retirement community begs the question: What will happen to those 1970’s developments? (
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Urban Nation | Ben Adler | Dec 10th, 2008 | Topic: Urban Nation | Region: Urban Nation | Cities: Washington, D.C., Urban Nation |
When gas was above $4 a gallon, most cities reported a rise in mass-transit ridership. Now, with gas at half the prices seen earlier this year, Americans are still taking more trips on mass transit. (
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Urban Nation | Ben Adler | Dec 2nd, 2008 | Topic: Urban Nation | Region: Urban Nation | Cities: Los Angeles, San Diego, Urban Nation |
Yesterday, Josh Leon
gave his thoughts on California’s high-speed rail project. Holly Otterbein
wrote about it before the election. Now Ben Adler, NAC fellow, gives his two cents. Was Proposition 1A the best use of money for transportation? (
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Urban Nation | Ben Adler | Nov 25th, 2008 | Topic: Urban Nation | Region: Urban Nation | Cities: New York, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Urban Nation |
Smart growth activists are eager to see a visionary appointment in the federal Transportation Department to shake up our car culture. (
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Urban Nation | Ben Adler | Nov 17th, 2008 | Topic: Urban Nation | Region: Urban Nation | Cities: New York, Washington, D.C., Urban Nation |
The
Washington Post reports that my neighborhood, Mount Pleasant is suffering from a plague of shuttered storefronts on its commercial strip, Mount Pleasant Street. Although it was roughly equal parts white, black and Latino in the last census, it appears the population is changing.
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Urban Nation | Ben Adler | Nov 12th, 2008 | Topic: Urban Nation | Region: Urban Nation | Cities: Chicago, Miami, Urban Nation |
While he first floated the idea of a cabinet position to coordinate urban policy at the annual conference of mayors in Miami this past summer, now Obama has promised action. (
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Urban Nation | Ben Adler | Nov 10th, 2008 | Topic: Urban Nation | Region: Urban Nation | Cities: New York, Washington, D.C., Urban Nation |
Next American City’s first Urban Leaders Fellow, Ben Adler, will be periodically commenting on Washington, D.C. In his first column, he gives a quick tour of the land. (
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The Washington Post reports that my neighborhood, Mount Pleasant is suffering from a plague of shuttered storefronts on its commercial strip, Mount Pleasant Street. Although it was roughly equal parts white, black and Latino in the last census, it appears the population is changing. (keep reading…)
