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• The Daily Report

  McCain/Obama Surrogate Debate Event at the AIA

  Benjamin Gilbert | Tue, Oct 7th, 2008 | Category: Events | City: Philadelphia | Tags: | 0

  On Monday night at the American Institute of Architects Philadelphia chapter, surrogate debaters representing Senator and presidential hopeful John McCain as well as Senator and presidential hopeful Barack Obama met to discuss their respective parties stances on city-specific politics. 

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• NAC News

  Diana Lind to Speak at Creative Cities Summit

  Diana Lind | Tue, Oct 7th, 2008 | Category: NAC News | City: NAC News | Tags: detroit, diana lind, sustainability, richard florida, creative cities summit, carol colletta, innovation | 0

  The Creative Cities Summit in Detroit will run from October 12 to October 15. On the 15th, I will be delivering the keynote luncheon speech about what young urban leader organizations are doing in cities across the country. 

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• Columnists

  New York Copes With Extremes of the “New Economy”

  Josh Leon | Thu, Oct 2nd, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: New York | Tags: josh leon, new york, new economy, lehman brothers | 0

  Good architecture speaks volumes, and the digital façade of the Lehman Brothers building on Seventh Avenue says “welcome to the new economy.”

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• Web Exclusives

  Interview with Filmmakers Tia Lessin & Carl Deal

  Hamida Kinge | Thu, Oct 2nd, 2008 | Category: Interviews | City: New Orleans | Tags: | 0

  Next American City interviews Tia Lessin and Carl Deal about their groundbreaking film Trouble the Water, currently playing in theaters.

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• The Daily Report

  The Next American City Playlist

  Benjamin Gilbert | Thu, Oct 2nd, 2008 | Category: Commentary | Tags: doug sell, songs of cities, benjamin gilbert, google maps | 4

  Remember when Next American City Editor-in-Chief Diana Lind asked readers just under three weeks ago, “Can anyone out there make a map of all the cities that are mentioned in these songs? It would be cool and we’d post it somewhere.” She was of course referencing the playlist put together by DJ Doug Sell for our Issue #20 Release Party. And wouldn’t you know it, someone went out and made the map! 

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• The Daily Report

  Will WiMAX Bridge the Digital Divide?

  Holly Otterbein | Wed, Oct 1st, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Baltimore | Tags: baltimore, international herald tribune, digital divide, holly otterbein, wi-fi, wi-max, haiti, jeff evans, research horizons | 2

  When WiMAX was just a geek buzzword seven years ago, people predicted that the successor to Wi-Fi would eventually bridge the digital divide. Baltimore recently became the first WiMAX city in America, and the service’s prospects look mediocre at best. Will WiMAX live up to its hype, or turn the divide into a chasm? 

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• The Daily Report

  The NY Sun Sets — A Beginning of an Era?

  Diana Lind | Tue, Sep 30th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: New York | Tags: diana lind, next american city, the college board, new york sun, rick moody, conrad black, richard price | 0

  The New York Sun, a conservative paper that was almost entirely freely distributed to the wealthier zip codes of New York, has failed to finance its future. I should be cheering the demise a paper with an editorial page almost as heinous as the Wall Street Journal‘s, but I’m much more concerned about the relationship between cities and their papers. Read on.

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• The Daily Report

  Bridging the Gap Between Town and City

  Benjamin Gilbert | Tue, Sep 30th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | Tags: next american city, christopher leinberger, brookings institute, walkable urbanism | 1

  Are suburbs the next target for economic blight? In a recent piece for The Atlantic, professor of urban planning at the University of Michigan and Next American City interviewee Christopher B. Leinberger details how culture and economics over the past 20 years have influenced where we live and, maybe more importantly, what may happen to the places many Americans grew up.

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• The Daily Report

  A Floating Pool Docks in Venice

  Nick Lalla | Mon, Sep 29th, 2008 | Category: Report | City: New York | Tags: | 0

  This year’s Venice Biennale for architecture includes a floating pool with a homely past of docking alongside a neglected part of the Bronx.

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• The Daily Report

  One Urban Genius

  Nick Lalla | Wed, Sep 24th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Milwaukee | Tags: milwaukee, land use, macarthur genius grants, locavores, twyla tharp, will allen, urban farming | 1

  MacArthur Genius grant recipients were just announced. Save an urban farmer from Milwaukee, those working to improve cities directly were absent from the list, again.

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• NAC News

  Next American City wins an Ozzie!

  Pooja Shah | Tue, Sep 23rd, 2008 | Category: NAC News | City: NAC News | Tags: next american city, ozzie awards, folio | 2

  We won! Everybody here at Next American City is celebrating the official word that we won an Ozzie Award! 

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• The Daily Report

  Independent Lens Community Cinema screening tonight

  Nick Lalla | Tue, Sep 23rd, 2008 | Category: Report | City: Chicago | Tags: philadelphia, art, brett morgan, public activism, film, chicago 10 | 0

  Brett Morgan’s film Chicago 10 will be screened in Philadelphia tonight, followed by a public discussion of political activism in the city since 1968. 

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• Columnists

  City People vs. “Real Americans”: A False Dichotomy?

  Josh Leon | Mon, Sep 22nd, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: New York | Tags: philadelphia, barack obama, john mccain, josh leon, new york, cesspool | 4

  Living in the city might be more “real” than either presidential candidate is willing to admit. 

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• NAC News

  24:HRS MILWAUKEE starts TOMORROW!

  Pooja Shah | Fri, Sep 19th, 2008 | Category: NAC News | City: NAC News | Tags: dave steele, milwaukee, pooja shah, 24:hrs, alex runner, on milwaukee | 2

  We’ve rested up and now we’re ready to spend 24 continuous hours in Milwaukee!

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• The Daily Report

  America’s Best Cities for Travel: “The results are in!”

  Nick Lalla | Fri, Sep 19th, 2008 | City: New York | Tags: philadelphia, washington dc, new york, best cities to visit, travel and leisure, nick lalla | 0

  Travel and Leisure Magazine has published its findings of the traveler-rated “best American cities” for 2008, and, like most of these kinds of lists, the results mostly include being forced to take a few moments to ponder the worth of such exercises. 

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• The Daily Report

  Rethinking the Bodega

  Holly Otterbein | Wed, Sep 17th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | Tags: las vegas, obesity, holly otterbein, bodega, food and liquors | 3

  Shopping at your neighborhood’s corner store is a great way to support the local economy. The Neighbors Project encourages people to do just that, while also helping citizens to bring more fresh produce into their local bodegas. Read about their latest project, “Bodega Party in a Box,” after the jump.
  

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• NAC News

  So you want to be a fellow? Yes, a lot of you do.

  Diana Lind | Tue, Sep 16th, 2008 | Category: NAC News | City: NAC News | Tags: diana lind, urban leaders fellowship, inga saffron, abby wilson, paul brophy | 0

  I got to work this morning to find my e-mail inbox overflowing with applications for our Urban Leaders Fellowship. While we haven’t tallied the total number of applicants, let’s just say that the outpouring exceeded our expectations. Read on to see who will be choosing the new Urban Leader.

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• NAC News

  Songs of Cities / Issue #20 launch party was a smashing success!

  Diana Lind | Fri, Sep 12th, 2008 | Category: NAC News | City: NAC News | Tags: philadelphia, diana lind, music, new york, launch party, doug sell, songs of cities, omaha | 16

  Last night, Next American City rocked out for three hours while listening to an incredible set list culled by NAC subscriber Doug Sell. Read on to find out where the evening took us.

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• NAC News

  Diana Lind on Smart City Radio

  Next American City | Thu, Sep 11th, 2008 | Category: NAC News | City: NAC News | Tags: milwaukee, diana lind, next american city, 24:hrs, smart city radio, carol coletta, radio | 2

  Ever wonder what Next American City’s editor sounds like? She sounds uncertain how to give a radio interview. Nonetheless, here she is talking about the magazine’s upcoming trip to Milwaukee — the plan for lectures, parties, and a 24:Hrs walking tour.

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• The Daily Report

  Grid, Philly’s newest magazine

  Diana Lind | Wed, Sep 10th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Philadelphia | Tags: philadelphia, going green, grid magazine, recylcing, dewey saunders, paul glover, biking | 1

  Philadelphia might not have a good recycling program (yet), but it is growing more environmentally aware. The latest evidence? A new magazine called Grid. 

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