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Jeffrey Hill | Jun 11th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: |
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Jeffrey Hill | May 28th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: |
Our new issue hits shelves on June 1 - just a few days away! Issue 19, “The New School,” features stories on New Oreleans’ Charity Hospital, Co-op schools in Brooklyn, Demolition in Detroit, Homelessness in L.A., Escalators in Philadelphia and much more! Also, interviews with Wendy Walters, Jake Dobkin and David Wilson. Here’s a little preview of what’s to come! (
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Jeffrey Hill | Apr 24th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: |
Women of America: “Put your lipstick on, square your shoulders, suit up,” said Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) to reporters moments after Senate Republicans blocked a bill on Pay Discrimination. “The revolution starts tonight.”
NAC’s Jeffrey Hill asks: Why in the world did this happen yesterday and why has this story been buried in the press? (
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Jeffrey Hill | Apr 21st, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: San Francisco |
This week, Next American City travels to San Francisco, hosting the “Space in the City” symposium on Wednesday, and a subscriber cocktail party on Thursday. We will also be attending the Ecocity World Summit from April 22 to 26, where NAC’s publisher, Michelle Kuly, will be moderating a panel on sustainability and cities. Read for more details. (
keep reading…)
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Jeffrey Hill | Apr 21st, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: |
America’s moms are cutting back the grocery bill with homemade products, Maui preserves lifestyle in new urban growth plan, Boston’s new wind power facility, Arthur Simpson talks trees in New York and more in today’s headlines. (
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Jeffrey Hill | Apr 15th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: |
Last week, the British press was ripe with food waste stories. One statistic, “British households throw away 4.4 million whole apples every day,” reported in a Waste & Resources Action Program (WRAP) study, had Jeffrey Hill scratching his head. How did they come up with this statistic? More in today’s report. (
keep reading…)
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Jeffrey Hill | Apr 12th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: |
Shopping green is good for businesses, political groups, builders, car companies, and oh, the environment. Knocking on doors and pressuring citizens to buy compact fluorescent bulbs and other marked products does not show concern or respect for our environment. It implies that people who cannot afford consumer goods are bad for the planet. (
keep reading…)
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Jeffrey Hill | Apr 7th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Austin, Dallas |
Tibetan protesters continue their focus on China’s olympic march, UPenn students win student urban design competition, Florida HUD returns to local control, Hispanics contribute $60 billion to the telecommunications industry ... this and more in today’s headlines. (
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Jeffrey Hill | Apr 4th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: |
The newswire is flooded with memorials today—odes to a man who gave his life to racial harmony. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered on this day 40 years ago. As journalists, writers and broadcasters compare his legacy to the progress of race relations in America, there are still many barriers, both physical and subconscious, that separate cultural communities in cities. (
keep reading…)
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Jeffrey Hill | Apr 3rd, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: |
In a brilliantly humorous blog titled “Typo Hunt Across America,” Jeff Deck journeys from Massachusetts to California, archiving America’s spelling errors. From the self-proclaimed “Typo Eradication Advancement League,” Deck and cohorts stop in major cities and photograph misuse of apostrophes, commas and more. An entertaining read for the anal-retentive. (
keep reading…)
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Our new issue hits shelves on June 1 - just a few days away! Issue 19, “The New School,” features stories on New Oreleans’ Charity Hospital, Co-op schools in Brooklyn, Demolition in Detroit, Homelessness in L.A., Escalators in Philadelphia and much more! Also, interviews with Wendy Walters, Jake Dobkin and David Wilson. Here’s a little preview of what’s to come! (keep reading…)
Women of America: “Put your lipstick on, square your shoulders, suit up,” said Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) to reporters moments after Senate Republicans blocked a bill on Pay Discrimination. “The revolution starts tonight.” NAC’s Jeffrey Hill asks: Why in the world did this happen yesterday and why has this story been buried in the press? (keep reading…)
This week, Next American City travels to San Francisco, hosting the “Space in the City” symposium on Wednesday, and a subscriber cocktail party on Thursday. We will also be attending the Ecocity World Summit from April 22 to 26, where NAC’s publisher, Michelle Kuly, will be moderating a panel on sustainability and cities. Read for more details. (keep reading…)
America’s moms are cutting back the grocery bill with homemade products, Maui preserves lifestyle in new urban growth plan, Boston’s new wind power facility, Arthur Simpson talks trees in New York and more in today’s headlines. (keep reading…)
Last week, the British press was ripe with food waste stories. One statistic, “British households throw away 4.4 million whole apples every day,” reported in a Waste & Resources Action Program (WRAP) study, had Jeffrey Hill scratching his head. How did they come up with this statistic? More in today’s report. (keep reading…)
Shopping green is good for businesses, political groups, builders, car companies, and oh, the environment. Knocking on doors and pressuring citizens to buy compact fluorescent bulbs and other marked products does not show concern or respect for our environment. It implies that people who cannot afford consumer goods are bad for the planet. (keep reading…)
The newswire is flooded with memorials today—odes to a man who gave his life to racial harmony. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered on this day 40 years ago. As journalists, writers and broadcasters compare his legacy to the progress of race relations in America, there are still many barriers, both physical and subconscious, that separate cultural communities in cities. (keep reading…)
In a brilliantly humorous blog titled “Typo Hunt Across America,” Jeff Deck journeys from Massachusetts to California, archiving America’s spelling errors. From the self-proclaimed “Typo Eradication Advancement League,” Deck and cohorts stop in major cities and photograph misuse of apostrophes, commas and more. An entertaining read for the anal-retentive. (keep reading…)
