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Julia Ramey Serazio | Mar 16th, 2010 | Topic: Governance | Region: East Coast | Cities: Washington, D.C. |
Check out a recap of Next American City’s launch party for Issue 26 and see photographs of the evening’s proceedings and special guests. (
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Julia Ramey Serazio | Mar 3rd, 2010 | Topic: Governance, Culture, Economy | Region: East Coast, Midwest | Cities: Cleveland, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. |
A look at NAC’s latest issue, now available, plus a collection of online excerpts. (
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David Alpert | Dec 14th, 2009 | Topic: Infrastructure | Region: East Coast | Cities: Portland, Washington, D.C. |
David Alpert of Greater Greater Washington on “Cities, Bicycles, and the Future of Getting Around,” a Brookings Institution conference that brought together David Byrne, Bruce Katz and others to talk about the many absurdities—and realities—preventing Americans from hopping on bikes to get around. (
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Ariella Cohen | Aug 28th, 2009 | Topic: Governance | Region: South | Cities: New Orleans |
NAC correspondents Ariella Cohen and Brentin Mock send a report from New Orleans, where residents and officials are still trying to get the help they were promised by the federal government—with limited results. (
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Maggie Tishman | Aug 27th, 2009 | Topic: Governance, Economy | Region: | Cities: Atlanta, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Washington, D.C. |
In a web exclusive, Maggie Tishman takes a close look at the poverty line, an official measurement that many think is antiquated—and maybe even dead wrong. Here, a look at the line’s modest origins, and some possible alternatives being implemented in America’s cities. (
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Julia Ramey Serazio | Apr 1st, 2009 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: New York |
A series of recent studies shows that city dwellers pollute less than their suburban counterparts. (
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Urban Nation | Ben Adler | Feb 13th, 2009 | Topic: Urban Nation | Region: Urban Nation | Cities: Urban Nation |
A dispatch from the Northeast-Midwest Institute’s Revitalizing Older Cities Conference in Washington, D.C.
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John Petro | Feb 12th, 2009 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: |
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Brentin Mock | Feb 12th, 2009 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: |
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Brian Krier | Aug 4th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: |
Last week, the Brookings Institution released its latest report from its Blueprint for American Prosperity initiative. The report, entitled “Mountain Megas: America’s Newest Metropolitan Places and a Federal Partnership to Help Them Prosper,” highlights the Southern Intermountain West – a region developing at a rate presently unparalleled elsewhere in the country, bringing with it all the blessings and burdens of rapid growth. (
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