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Theodore Brown | Dec 11th, 2011 | Topic: Economy, Built Environment | Region: | Cities: |
Does the prevailing magnetism of urbane, walkable, dynamic neighborhoods mark the end of the American obsession with the white picket fence and the 1,000 square foot master bedroom? (
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City/Culture | Colby King, Matthew Cazessus, Laura Crommelin | Jun 2nd, 2011 | Topic: Culture, Economy, Built Environment | Region: South | Cities: New Orleans |
As the 41st Urban Affairs Association Conference came to a close, three graduate students were left with 24 hours to enjoy the Big Easy. Eager to experience some of the local culture, they set out to relax and decompress, but found themselves conducting a walking research tour of urban life. (
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Grassroutes | Yonah Freemark | Oct 22nd, 2010 | Topic: Built Environment | Region: Midwest | Cities: Chicago |
A new Northeastern University study suggests the gentrification that comes with new rail stations may result in fewer transit users than should be expected. (
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Urban Nation | Willy Staley | Apr 23rd, 2010 | Topic: Urban Nation, Governance, Culture, Built Environment | Region: Urban Nation, East Coast, West Coast | Cities: Los Angeles, New York, Urban Nation |
Willy Staley, considered to be a Brooklyn hipster by a few, writes cautiously about NPR’s report on hipsters and the Census, including an interview with Professor Sharon Zukin, author of
Naked City. (
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Carly Berwick | Jan 14th, 2010 | Topic: Built Environment | Region: | Cities: New York |
Carly Berwick talks hipster hate and liberal snobbery as she examines a recent defense of gentrifiers, and welcomes the yoga-mat-toting masses into her own neighborhood. (
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Willy Staley | Jan 12th, 2010 | Topic: Governance, Culture, Built Environment | Region: East Coast | Cities: New York |
Willy writes about his—and others’—mixed-up feelings about condominiums in Brooklyn, and how they relate to gentrification, affordable housing, and “authenticity”. (
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Urban Nation | Ben Adler | Aug 11th, 2009 | Topic: Urban Nation, Culture, Built Environment | Region: Urban Nation, East Coast | Cities: Washington, D.C., Urban Nation |
Next American City Urban Leaders fellow Ben Adler signs off before moving on to
Newsweek.com —but not without writing an ode to his street in Washington, D.C., where he’s passed the past four and a half years. (
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Urban Nation | Ben Adler | Jul 9th, 2009 | Topic: Urban Nation | Region: Urban Nation | Cities: Detroit, Washington, D.C., Urban Nation |
Decades ago suburbs were seen as the anti-cities. Now they’re starting to look like cities — economically at least. (
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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 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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Does the prevailing magnetism of urbane, walkable, dynamic neighborhoods mark the end of the American obsession with the white picket fence and the 1,000 square foot master bedroom? (keep reading…)
As the 41st Urban Affairs Association Conference came to a close, three graduate students were left with 24 hours to enjoy the Big Easy. Eager to experience some of the local culture, they set out to relax and decompress, but found themselves conducting a walking research tour of urban life. (keep reading…)
A new Northeastern University study suggests the gentrification that comes with new rail stations may result in fewer transit users than should be expected. (keep reading…)
Willy Staley, considered to be a Brooklyn hipster by a few, writes cautiously about NPR’s report on hipsters and the Census, including an interview with Professor Sharon Zukin, author of Naked City. (keep reading…)
Willy writes about his—and others’—mixed-up feelings about condominiums in Brooklyn, and how they relate to gentrification, affordable housing, and “authenticity”. (keep reading…)
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…)
