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Sana Venjara | Next American City | Feb 7th, 2012 | Topic: Culture | Region: | Cities: New York |
Have trouble memorizing your city’s transit system? Now you can put it on your arm. (
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Richey Piiparinen | Rustwire | Feb 7th, 2012 | Topic: Culture | Region: Midwest | Cities: Detroit |
Widely derided for a perceived lack of empathy and substance, “ruin porn” has long been thought of as an enabler of urban decay. But what if that weren’t true—what if it actually called much-needed attention to the blight affecting many cities (and not just Detroit) across the U.S.? (
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Christine McLaren | Lab|log | Feb 6th, 2012 | Topic: Culture | Region: | Cities: Berlin |
Anyone who has ever shared a laugh with friends knows that there’s some degree of truth to the cliche about happiness being contagious. But on how large a scale does it apply? Would city-dwellers feel happier if they knew their neighbors were happy as well? (
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Sana Venjara | Next American City | Feb 1st, 2012 | Topic: Culture | Region: East Coast | Cities: Philadelphia |
An ongoing art exhibit in Philadelphia calls attention to the peculiar local phenomenon of space saving. Does shoveling a street entitle you to personally reserve its parking spaces? And if so, why must your space saver look so bland? (
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Sana Venjara | Next American City | Jan 27th, 2012 | Topic: Culture | Region: East Coast | Cities: New York |
A decade after 9/11, Muslims in New York face new levels of discrimination. The revelation last year that thousands of NYPD officers-in-training viewed an intensely anti-Islamic video raised new questions about the city’s fear culture, and how it continuous to alienate and inflame Muslim communities. (
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C. W. Cannon | The Lens | Jan 20th, 2012 | Topic: Culture | Region: South | Cities: New Orleans |
The New Orleans City Council recently passed a curfew law keeping most kids under 16 out of the French Quarter after 8 p.m. Proponents cite safety as the reason to steer minors away from “adult-oriented” parts of the city. But the move really says more about the city’s authenticity crisis. (
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Matt Bevilacqua | Next American City | Jan 18th, 2012 | Topic: Culture | Region: East Coast | Cities: Philadelphia |
Microsoft understands that pedestrians could use resources like GPS just as much as drivers. But one feature on its otherwise promising new app for city-dwelling walkers—dubbed the “Avoid Ghetto” app by critics—raises questions about race, class and how we view troubled urban neighborhoods. (
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Diana Lind | Next American City | Jan 12th, 2012 | Topic: Culture | Region: East Coast | Cities: Philadelphia |
Zoe Strauss, Philadelphia’s foremost photographer, opens her retrospective at the Philadelphia Museum of Art on Saturday. Diana Lind makes a case for why Strauss matters not only to the art scene, but to the urbanism field. (
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Diana Lind | Next American City | Jan 10th, 2012 | Topic: Culture | Region: East Coast | Cities: Philadelphia |
Next American City is launching the Storefront for Urban Innovation this spring. Executive Director Diana Lind writes about how the organization hopes to broaden its audience and increase its impact with this new experiment. (
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Jed Horne|The Lens | Jan 10th, 2012 | Topic: Culture, Economy | Region: South | Cities: New Orleans |
“Now, you can’t even tell who’s the child and who’s the parent. We lost that structure, and instead we got babies having babies. We need to address that.”—John Thompson (
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Have trouble memorizing your city’s transit system? Now you can put it on your arm. (keep reading…)
Widely derided for a perceived lack of empathy and substance, “ruin porn” has long been thought of as an enabler of urban decay. But what if that weren’t true—what if it actually called much-needed attention to the blight affecting many cities (and not just Detroit) across the U.S.? (keep reading…)
Anyone who has ever shared a laugh with friends knows that there’s some degree of truth to the cliche about happiness being contagious. But on how large a scale does it apply? Would city-dwellers feel happier if they knew their neighbors were happy as well? (keep reading…)
An ongoing art exhibit in Philadelphia calls attention to the peculiar local phenomenon of space saving. Does shoveling a street entitle you to personally reserve its parking spaces? And if so, why must your space saver look so bland? (keep reading…)
A decade after 9/11, Muslims in New York face new levels of discrimination. The revelation last year that thousands of NYPD officers-in-training viewed an intensely anti-Islamic video raised new questions about the city’s fear culture, and how it continuous to alienate and inflame Muslim communities. (keep reading…)
The New Orleans City Council recently passed a curfew law keeping most kids under 16 out of the French Quarter after 8 p.m. Proponents cite safety as the reason to steer minors away from “adult-oriented” parts of the city. But the move really says more about the city’s authenticity crisis. (keep reading…)
Microsoft understands that pedestrians could use resources like GPS just as much as drivers. But one feature on its otherwise promising new app for city-dwelling walkers—dubbed the “Avoid Ghetto” app by critics—raises questions about race, class and how we view troubled urban neighborhoods. (keep reading…)
Zoe Strauss, Philadelphia’s foremost photographer, opens her retrospective at the Philadelphia Museum of Art on Saturday. Diana Lind makes a case for why Strauss matters not only to the art scene, but to the urbanism field. (keep reading…)
Next American City is launching the Storefront for Urban Innovation this spring. Executive Director Diana Lind writes about how the organization hopes to broaden its audience and increase its impact with this new experiment. (keep reading…)
“Now, you can’t even tell who’s the child and who’s the parent. We lost that structure, and instead we got babies having babies. We need to address that.”—John Thompson (keep reading…)
