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Johanna Hoffman | Mar 23rd, 2011 | Topic: Built Environment | Region: | Cities: Philadelphia |
Though its tall stonewalls cultivate an air of isolation, The Woodlands Cemetery in West Philadelphia is very much in the center of city life. (
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Johanna Hoffman | Mar 17th, 2011 | Topic: Built Environment | Region: | Cities: Philadelphia, Phoenix |
While it’s widely accepted that architects design our buildings, and planners organize our cities, the role of preservationists merits less appreciation. But while stereotypes do exist, many working in the profession today imbue the preservation process with flexibility and economic vitality. (
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Open Cities | Christian Madera | Jul 1st, 2010 | Topic: Infrastructure, Governance, Built Environment | Region: | Cities: Los Angeles, San Francisco |
In an era of tight public budgets, cities need all the help they can get. Crowdsourcing is one strategy that cities can adopt to enlist the help, knowledge and time of their citizens. Now, two examples from California are showing how such an effort can work to help create and maintain other public data sets. (
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Diana Lind | Next American City | May 3rd, 2010 | Topic: Governance, Culture, Built Environment | Region: Central, East Coast, Midwest, South, West Coast | Cities: Philadelphia |
Each year Next American City chooses more than 30 outstanding young leaders from around the country to join together for a two-day conference. Call Next American Vanguard, the group and the conference are dedicated to understanding American cities and strategizing ways of improving them. Here’s the class of 2010. (
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Simmons Buntin | Mar 26th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: |
Hey buddy, being old doesn’t make it classic. The same is true for architecture, though here I substitute historic for classic. A recent article in The Economist troubles me in a similar way. (
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Though its tall stonewalls cultivate an air of isolation, The Woodlands Cemetery in West Philadelphia is very much in the center of city life. (keep reading…)
While it’s widely accepted that architects design our buildings, and planners organize our cities, the role of preservationists merits less appreciation. But while stereotypes do exist, many working in the profession today imbue the preservation process with flexibility and economic vitality. (keep reading…)
In an era of tight public budgets, cities need all the help they can get. Crowdsourcing is one strategy that cities can adopt to enlist the help, knowledge and time of their citizens. Now, two examples from California are showing how such an effort can work to help create and maintain other public data sets. (keep reading…)
Each year Next American City chooses more than 30 outstanding young leaders from around the country to join together for a two-day conference. Call Next American Vanguard, the group and the conference are dedicated to understanding American cities and strategizing ways of improving them. Here’s the class of 2010. (keep reading…)
