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Emilie Bahr | Oct 8th, 2011 | Topic: Culture, Economy | Region: South | Cities: New Orleans |
Could the special yet hard to describe place of New Orleans in the American psyche explain the influx of young, educated people to the city in the past several years? (
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Leda Marritz and Nathalie Shanstrom | Oct 1st, 2011 | Topic: Infrastructure, Built Environment | Region: | Cities: |
Speed bumps, street markings, speed limits and other measures have all been used to create safer conditions for all users of the road. But what about trees? (
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Next American City | Sep 21st, 2011 | Topic: Infrastructure, Governance, Economy, Built Environment | Region: | Cities: |
Next American City is the proud media co-sponsor of Meeting of the Minds on September 22 and 23. We invite you to view the conference via live and free webcast.
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This Big City | Sep 15th, 2011 | Topic: Infrastructure, Economy, Built Environment | Region: | Cities: |
London’s Underground rail network is hugely popular with the city’s residents, carrying over 3 million passengers a day between its 270 stations. However, its iconic buses are even more widely used, transporting 6 million Londoners around the city every day.
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This Big City | Aug 7th, 2011 | Topic: Infrastructure, Economy, Built Environment | Region: | Cities: |
With 20% of the world’s energy consumed by street lighting, perhaps it is time to rethink our approach to lighting urban areas. (
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Joann Plockova | Jun 23rd, 2011 | Topic: Culture, Economy, Built Environment | Region: Midwest | Cities: Detroit |
Power House Productions is working to help stabilize and revitalize a Detroit neighborhood through the arts and other cultural endeavors (
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Nathan Anthony | Jun 20th, 2011 | Topic: Culture, Built Environment | Region: East Coast | Cities: Philadelphia |
More than 25 college and university athletic departments have retrofitted their exercise equipment to take advantage of energy created while working out. Energy typically converted into heat is captured and sent back into the building’s grid — a human-powered gym, if you will. (
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Open Cities | Christian Madera | Aug 9th, 2010 | Topic: Economy | Region: | Cities: |
With a new government-certified version of its email and document software, a mobile application tool builder, and social-media enabled energy monitoring software, the Internet search giant seems to be working on growing its presence in the Gov 2.0 technology sector. (
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Nate Berg | Nov 8th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: |
Buildings and cities need to be energy efficient. Can they be beautiful at the same time? (
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Simmons Buntin | Sep 8th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Denver |
Simmons Buntin concludes his tour of New Urbanist Denver with urban planner Carolyn Dooling by visiting Lowry in Denver, Belmar in Lakewood, and Iris Hollow and the Holiday Neighborhood in Boulder. (
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