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Grassroutes | Yonah Freemark | Oct 7th, 2010 | Topic: Governance | Region: Midwest | Cities: Chicago |
Multiple, competing projects at the local level result in wasted time and money. (
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Julia Ramey Serazio | Sep 20th, 2010 | Topic: Governance | Region: Midwest | Cities: Chicago |
Each Monday, we invite you to meet a member of the Next American Vanguard, a group of the nation’s brightest young urban leaders. This week: Emma Berndt of the Clinton Climate Initiative. (
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Ferentz Lafargue | Aug 25th, 2010 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Phoenix |
Today, police chiefs representing twenty-seven major cities will gather in New York for an unprecedented discussion of law enforcement responses to racial profiling, immigration policy and in approaches to countering intra-departmental racism. (
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Christine Fisher | Aug 16th, 2010 | Topic: Governance | Region: Midwest | Cities: Chicago |
Chicago’s Mayor Daley announces his support of proposals to end the open-door policy at the seven City Colleges of Chicago, the city’s network of community colleges now serving over 100,000 students. (
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Grassroutes | Yonah Freemark | Jun 17th, 2010 | Topic: Infrastructure | Region: East Coast, Midwest, West Coast | Cities: Chicago, New York, San Francisco |
New York, Chicago, and San Francisco each have recently approved huge waterfront redevelopment programs, but they’re each hampered by limited transportation links. (
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Christine Fisher | Jun 1st, 2010 | Topic: Governance | Region: Midwest | Cities: Chicago |
Chicago waits for the Supreme Court decision, expected this summer, as to whether or not the city’s 28-year-old handgun ban is constitutional—a ruling that could overturn similar handgun bans nationwide. (
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Worldwatch | Josh Leon | May 28th, 2010 | Topic: Governance, Culture, Built Environment | Region: | Cities: |
Olympics planning has long been a factor in accelerating anti-poor redevelopment schemes in host cities. The Beijing Games were a disaster in this regard. It’s early, but Rio could easily follow a comparable path. (
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Diana Lind | Next American City | May 6th, 2010 | Topic: Infrastructure, Economy | Region: East Coast, Midwest | Cities: Chicago |
Summer is almost here — and we’ll be launching our June issue of the magazine in just a few weeks. In Issue No. 27, we’re covering issues of equity, transportation, food and more…. (
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Brendan Crain | Apr 20th, 2010 | Topic: Built Environment | Region: Midwest | Cities: Chicago |
Brendan Crain interviews Alex Lehnerer, author of
Grand Urban Rules, which explores the history of contemporary urban form and code through an examination of the 115 rules that guide development in the fictional, Atlantis-esque city of Averuni. (
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Open Cities | Christian Madera | Feb 22nd, 2010 | Topic: Governance | Region: | Cities: New York, San Francisco, Washington, D.C. |
Open data advocates are eager to get more cities to embrace their vision of transparency and citizen participation. City officials, on the other hand, are more worried about the risks of letting the public have unfettered access to municipal data. Yet, with a little strategy, convincing local governments to release their data need not be an insurmountable challenge. (
keep reading…)
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Multiple, competing projects at the local level result in wasted time and money. (keep reading…)
Each Monday, we invite you to meet a member of the Next American Vanguard, a group of the nation’s brightest young urban leaders. This week: Emma Berndt of the Clinton Climate Initiative. (keep reading…)
Today, police chiefs representing twenty-seven major cities will gather in New York for an unprecedented discussion of law enforcement responses to racial profiling, immigration policy and in approaches to countering intra-departmental racism. (keep reading…)
Chicago’s Mayor Daley announces his support of proposals to end the open-door policy at the seven City Colleges of Chicago, the city’s network of community colleges now serving over 100,000 students. (keep reading…)
New York, Chicago, and San Francisco each have recently approved huge waterfront redevelopment programs, but they’re each hampered by limited transportation links. (keep reading…)
Chicago waits for the Supreme Court decision, expected this summer, as to whether or not the city’s 28-year-old handgun ban is constitutional—a ruling that could overturn similar handgun bans nationwide. (keep reading…)
Olympics planning has long been a factor in accelerating anti-poor redevelopment schemes in host cities. The Beijing Games were a disaster in this regard. It’s early, but Rio could easily follow a comparable path. (keep reading…)
Summer is almost here — and we’ll be launching our June issue of the magazine in just a few weeks. In Issue No. 27, we’re covering issues of equity, transportation, food and more…. (keep reading…)
Brendan Crain interviews Alex Lehnerer, author of Grand Urban Rules, which explores the history of contemporary urban form and code through an examination of the 115 rules that guide development in the fictional, Atlantis-esque city of Averuni. (keep reading…)
Open data advocates are eager to get more cities to embrace their vision of transparency and citizen participation. City officials, on the other hand, are more worried about the risks of letting the public have unfettered access to municipal data. Yet, with a little strategy, convincing local governments to release their data need not be an insurmountable challenge. (keep reading…)
