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Mary Newsom | Sep 13th, 2010 | Topic: Infrastructure | Region: | Cities: |
If they look only at the lingering effects of the costly and visible sports venues created for the Athens Olympics, urban scholars may miss some more mundane, pedestrian things with more lasting significance. Like pedestrians. And subways. (
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Rachel Somerstein | Feb 19th, 2010 | Topic: Governance | Region: | Cities: |
A group of activists in Vancouver try to draw attention to British Columbia’s growing homelessness problem by providing them with very visible accommodations during the Olympic Games. (
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Worldwatch | Josh Leon | Dec 22nd, 2009 | Topic: Governance, Culture | Region: West Coast | Cities: |
It’s almost time for the Winter Olympics, and Josh Leon sees troubling signs that as Vancouver is cleaning up its image, it’s sweeping aside certain civil liberties. (
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Sharon Carney | Sep 22nd, 2009 | Topic: Governance | Region: Midwest | Cities: Cleveland, Detroit |
Last Friday, the German Marshall Fund hosted a workshop called “Regional Governance and Economic Transformation in Older Industrial Cities” in Detroit. Sharon Carney attended and reports here. (
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Worldwatch | Josh Leon | Aug 12th, 2009 | Topic: Governance, Economy | Region: | Cities: Atlanta |
In his column, Worldwatch, Josh Leon questions whether next year’s mega-events are all that healthy for the global economy—and for the cities that are hosting them. (
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Meredith Aska McBride | Apr 14th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: |
Los Angeles cracks down on taco vendors, mirrors are the next big thing in sustainable energy, Yale grads release documentary on the pervasiveness of corn in American agribusiness, and more (
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Meredith Aska McBride | Apr 10th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Houston |
Hospitals’ stir fears, sect youths conditioned to deceive outsiders, Olympic torch relay switches route and more in today’s headlines.
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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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If they look only at the lingering effects of the costly and visible sports venues created for the Athens Olympics, urban scholars may miss some more mundane, pedestrian things with more lasting significance. Like pedestrians. And subways. (keep reading…)
A group of activists in Vancouver try to draw attention to British Columbia’s growing homelessness problem by providing them with very visible accommodations during the Olympic Games. (keep reading…)
It’s almost time for the Winter Olympics, and Josh Leon sees troubling signs that as Vancouver is cleaning up its image, it’s sweeping aside certain civil liberties. (keep reading…)
