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Brendan Crain | Mar 19th, 2010 | Topic: Culture, Built Environment | Region: | Cities: Houston, San Francisco |
Brendan Crain wonders why the upcoming Shanghai Expo can’t follow Vancouver’s lead and absorb the new structures into the urban landscape after the event is over. (
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Amy Smith | Mar 18th, 2010 | Topic: Built Environment | Region: Midwest | Cities: Detroit |
Amy Smith reports on a new study that reveals a startling amount of good news about homes in Detroit—as well as the expected bad news. (
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Amy Smith | Mar 4th, 2010 | Topic: Built Environment | Region: Midwest | Cities: Cleveland |
Amy Smith takes a look at a Living Cities foreclosures report that offers a number of practical solutions for areas trying to recover from vacant homes and broken communities. (
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Willy Staley | Feb 25th, 2010 | Topic: Governance, Built Environment | Region: West Coast | Cities: San Diego |
Willy Staley writes about a promising piece of legislation in Sacramento that will help San Diego cut back on water consumption. (
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Grassroutes | Yonah Freemark | Feb 20th, 2010 | Topic: Culture, Built Environment | Region: East Coast | Cities: |
A fence built decades ago ago isolates a public housing complex from a suburb and its shops just feet away. (
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Omnibus | Justin Glick | Feb 19th, 2010 | Topic: Infrastructure, Governance, Built Environment | Region: | Cities: New York |
A recent study of 20 m.p.h. zones instituted in London shows how effective they are in promoting traffic safety. (
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Jeanne Haffner | Feb 17th, 2010 | Topic: Built Environment | Region: East Coast | Cities: Boston |
In the third installment of her new column, Street Science, Jeanne Haffner visits Utile, Inc., a Boston-based planning and design firm, to better understand the importance of graphic representation in planning. (
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Open Cities | Christian Madera | Feb 15th, 2010 | Topic: Infrastructure, Governance, Culture, Built Environment | Region: | Cities: |
More than any other new technology, Internet-powered new media has the potential to transform how people interact with cities. In the coming year, NAC will explore how cities and citizens are harnessing the power of digital communication and information to improve the way cities work through its new column, “Open Cities.” (
keep reading…)
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Omnibus | Justin Glick | Feb 12th, 2010 | Topic: Infrastructure, Built Environment | Region: East Coast | Cities: New York |
The numbers have come in after the year-long trial period for the Broadway pedestrian plazas at Times and Herald Squares proving that the redesign has greatly enhanced safety, mobility, and the experience of visitors to these iconic locales. (
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Amy Smith | Feb 11th, 2010 | Topic: Built Environment | Region: | Cities: New York |
A look at a new report that presents a surprising finding: The average Chinese citizen has a smaller carbon footprint than the average American. (
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Brendan Crain wonders why the upcoming Shanghai Expo can’t follow Vancouver’s lead and absorb the new structures into the urban landscape after the event is over. (keep reading…)
Amy Smith reports on a new study that reveals a startling amount of good news about homes in Detroit—as well as the expected bad news. (keep reading…)
Amy Smith takes a look at a Living Cities foreclosures report that offers a number of practical solutions for areas trying to recover from vacant homes and broken communities. (keep reading…)
Willy Staley writes about a promising piece of legislation in Sacramento that will help San Diego cut back on water consumption. (keep reading…)
A fence built decades ago ago isolates a public housing complex from a suburb and its shops just feet away. (keep reading…)
A recent study of 20 m.p.h. zones instituted in London shows how effective they are in promoting traffic safety. (keep reading…)
In the third installment of her new column, Street Science, Jeanne Haffner visits Utile, Inc., a Boston-based planning and design firm, to better understand the importance of graphic representation in planning. (keep reading…)
More than any other new technology, Internet-powered new media has the potential to transform how people interact with cities. In the coming year, NAC will explore how cities and citizens are harnessing the power of digital communication and information to improve the way cities work through its new column, “Open Cities.” (keep reading…)
The numbers have come in after the year-long trial period for the Broadway pedestrian plazas at Times and Herald Squares proving that the redesign has greatly enhanced safety, mobility, and the experience of visitors to these iconic locales. (keep reading…)
A look at a new report that presents a surprising finding: The average Chinese citizen has a smaller carbon footprint than the average American. (keep reading…)
