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Ruth Miller | Oct 28th, 2011 | Topic: Governance, Culture, Economy | Region: West Coast | Cities: |
It’s a funny thing seeing your city engulfed in protestors and tear gas, again. But it’s also encouraging to see a peaceful response emerge over the following days. There’s hope for Oakland, and democracy, yet. (
keep reading…)
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Chris Hawley | Oct 27th, 2011 | Topic: Culture, Economy | Region: | Cities: Buffalo |
Buffalo is calling! And it wants you to know its steel mills closed down like 30 years ago, the Blizzard of 77 is so yesterday, and the Buffalo wing was invented way back in 1964. Your impressions of Buffalo are so out of date.
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This Big City | Oct 27th, 2011 | Topic: Governance, Culture, Economy | Region: | Cities: |
During the 2010 UN-HABITAT and UNESCO International Seminar on international migrants and cities, it was revealed that one out of seven people in the world are migrants. This led to much discussion from global representatives, with differing attitudes regarding the challenges created by immigration. (
keep reading…)
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Michael Hooper | Oct 25th, 2011 | Topic: Governance, Culture | Region: | Cities: |
Over the past two years, a growing number of voices have criticized the role of public participation in urban planning. Is it true, in the words of one critic, that “most folks lack the knowledge to make intelligent decisions about the future of our cities”? (
keep reading…)
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David Jurca | Oct 24th, 2011 | Topic: Culture | Region: Midwest | Cities: Cleveland |
In Cleveland, an ordinary downtown parking garage was temporarily transformed into a lively public outdoor performance venue, complete with friendly elevator operators, lawn seating, local food concession stands and a fountain pond growing lettuce. (
keep reading…)
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Aditi Mehta | Oct 24th, 2011 | Topic: Culture, Built Environment | Region: Central, East Coast, Midwest, South, West Coast | Cities: Los Angeles, New Orleans |
Like people, these misplaced chairs bring different personalities to the street and even tell stories about their respective neighborhoods. Sometimes they hang out on the sidewalk for a while, but most of the time they don’t linger long. (
keep reading…)
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Colby King | Oct 22nd, 2011 | Topic: Culture, Economy, Built Environment | Region: East Coast | Cities: |
Because the trails of Rochester, New York and Columbia, South Carolina are not hidden deep in wilderness, they offer fun and unique riding experiences close to residential and employment rich business areas. The popularity of each cities’ trails among local riders also serves an important function in the health and recreation ethos of their respective communities.
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keep reading…)
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Diana Lind | Next American City | Oct 21st, 2011 | Topic: Culture | Region: East Coast | Cities: Philadelphia |
As part of the annual Design Philadelphia festival, artist Marianne Bernstein and PennDesign call attention to the vacant property problem in Philadelphia through a collaborative project called This is Not a Vacant Lot. (
keep reading…)
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Emilie Bahr | Oct 8th, 2011 | Topic: Culture, Economy | Region: South | Cities: New Orleans |
Could the special yet hard to describe place of New Orleans in the American psyche explain the influx of young, educated people to the city in the past several years? (
keep reading…)
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Aaron Lubeck | Oct 6th, 2011 | Topic: Culture, Built Environment | Region: Midwest | Cities: St. Louis |
Bob Cassilly was not a card-carrying preservationist, but over the course of his career he seemed to have repurposed more architectural salvage than anyone else in the world. He traversed the line between sculpture and architecture, creating unique adaptive re-use projects across the United States. (
keep reading…)
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It’s a funny thing seeing your city engulfed in protestors and tear gas, again. But it’s also encouraging to see a peaceful response emerge over the following days. There’s hope for Oakland, and democracy, yet. (keep reading…)
Buffalo is calling! And it wants you to know its steel mills closed down like 30 years ago, the Blizzard of 77 is so yesterday, and the Buffalo wing was invented way back in 1964. Your impressions of Buffalo are so out of date. (keep reading…)
During the 2010 UN-HABITAT and UNESCO International Seminar on international migrants and cities, it was revealed that one out of seven people in the world are migrants. This led to much discussion from global representatives, with differing attitudes regarding the challenges created by immigration. (keep reading…)
Over the past two years, a growing number of voices have criticized the role of public participation in urban planning. Is it true, in the words of one critic, that “most folks lack the knowledge to make intelligent decisions about the future of our cities”? (keep reading…)
In Cleveland, an ordinary downtown parking garage was temporarily transformed into a lively public outdoor performance venue, complete with friendly elevator operators, lawn seating, local food concession stands and a fountain pond growing lettuce. (keep reading…)
Like people, these misplaced chairs bring different personalities to the street and even tell stories about their respective neighborhoods. Sometimes they hang out on the sidewalk for a while, but most of the time they don’t linger long. (keep reading…)
Because the trails of Rochester, New York and Columbia, South Carolina are not hidden deep in wilderness, they offer fun and unique riding experiences close to residential and employment rich business areas. The popularity of each cities’ trails among local riders also serves an important function in the health and recreation ethos of their respective communities. (keep reading…)
As part of the annual Design Philadelphia festival, artist Marianne Bernstein and PennDesign call attention to the vacant property problem in Philadelphia through a collaborative project called This is Not a Vacant Lot. (keep reading…)
Could the special yet hard to describe place of New Orleans in the American psyche explain the influx of young, educated people to the city in the past several years? (keep reading…)
Bob Cassilly was not a card-carrying preservationist, but over the course of his career he seemed to have repurposed more architectural salvage than anyone else in the world. He traversed the line between sculpture and architecture, creating unique adaptive re-use projects across the United States. (keep reading…)
