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• NAC News

  Issue #20 Launch Party + “Songs of the City” DJ event!

  Michelle Kuly | Thu, Sep 4th, 2008 | Category: NAC News | City: NAC News | Tags: philadelphia, nac, music, launch party, not karaoke, issue 20, songs of the city, ugly american, doug sell, dj | 0

  Next American City will celebrate the launch of Issue 20 with a one-night only “Songs of City” music event featuring DJ (and NAC subscriber) Doug Sell next Thursday, Sept. 11 in Philadelphia…

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• The Daily Report

  GOP: The War is Small Town America Vs. San Francisco

  Jeffrey Hill | Thu, Sep 4th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Washington, D.C. | Tags: jeffrey hill, environment, san francisco, barack obama, john mccain, gop, mitt romney, rudy giuliani, politics, rnc, majority, african american, gay rights, conservatives, minority, religion, womens rights, urban, equal rights, culture wars, rural, liberals, cities, sarah palin | 4

  So far, the Republican National Convention has succeeded in accomplishing one task – dividing the nation into two teams. 

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• The Daily Report

  Rebuilding the Middle East (Neighborhood in Baltimore)

  Adam Rothstein | Thu, Aug 28th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Baltimore | Tags: baltimore, johns hopkins, middle east, adam rothstein, biotech | 0

  Baltimore’s Middle East neighborhood is undergoing a lot of construction for a $1.8 billion redevelopment project called Johns Hopkins Biotech Park. Will it reinvigorate the economy with jobs and new schools, or will it cause further deterioration of the area? Like the controversy surrounding Charity Hospital and another university-funded hospital project in New Orleans, this project has come to the city with equal amounts praise and problems.

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• Columnists

  The Unseen Bicyclist

  Dave Steele | Wed, Aug 27th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | Tags: dave steele, bike riding, bike to work week | 8

  High gas prices have put more people on bikes on the streets than ever before. But how to ensure that those who ride out of neccessity, not choice, have a safe, enjoyable commute? 

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• The Daily Report

  Gambling Can Be Addictive, For City Governments

  Ariella Cohen | Tue, Aug 26th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: New Orleans | Tags: new orleans, ariella cohen, ariella cohen, racetrack, ray nagin, harrah's, gambling | 0

  What is the role of gambling in New Orleans future: a) just another fun pastime; b) a way for the city to recover; c) not the kind of thing the city should invest in if it wants to have a serious economic engine; or d) all of the above. Ariella Cohen spends a day at the tracks and finds out. 

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• NAC News

  Make a Connection: NAC’s Limited Edition Program

  Diana Lind | Mon, Aug 25th, 2008 | Category: NAC News | City: NAC News | Tags: art, politics, map, united states, neil freeman, harvard gsd, psychogeography, 2004 election, limited edition | 0

  What does it look like when you connect more than 3,000 American cities with one line? Nothing like the political maps you see on nytimes.com — but probably something like Identically Named Places Connected (USA) . 

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• The Daily Report

  Activists to Turn Parking Spaces into Green Spaces

  Brian Krier | Fri, Aug 22nd, 2008 | Category: Events | City: Los Angeles | Tags: brian krier, parks, public space, green space, parking, land use, guerilla gardening, park(ing) day | 3

  Between all the mammoth S.U.V.s, boxy minivans and compact cars, parallel parking in any city can be a nightmare. Come Sept. 19, drivers in cities around the world vying for curbside parking will also have to compete with potted plants, park benches and some clever environmental activists. 

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• The Daily Report

  Driving Through Detroit

  Diana Lind | Thu, Aug 21st, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Detroit | Tags: detroit, artists, urban renewal, detroit free press, palmer woods, demolition | 2

  One of the most-commented-on stories from Issue #19 of Next American City is Rob and Andy Linn’s take on demolition in Detroit. I recently came across an old piece by Bill McGraw of the Detroit Free Press where he drove 2,700 miles —every block of Detroit — during four months. In a five-part series, he explains that the city looks a lot worse — and better — than he thought.

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• The Daily Report

  Changing the City, One Organic Deli at a Time

  Diana Lind | Wed, Aug 20th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Philadelphia | Tags: philadelphia, diana lind, gentrification, organic deli | 2

  In a recent blog post about Philly’s ongoing self-hatred a discussion emerged about the appalling lack of activity on the 1300 Block of Walnut Street. In one of the formerly vacant storefronts, we’re now getting an organic deli. How much does one small change mean for a city of 1.5 million people? 

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• The Daily Report

  Denver: America’s Great Urban Canvas, Part II (A Temporary Sidetrack to Decide How I Decide)

  Simmons Buntin | Tue, Aug 19th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Denver | Tags: simmons buntin, denver, civano, carolyn dooling | 3

  The second part of Simmons Buntin’s exploration of new, mixed-use projects in Denver sidetracks to explore just how he determines that these projects are, in fact, good development. His decision is still based, in part, on a list of 14 properties of sustainable redevelopment he created for his urban and regional planning graduate school thesis more than a decade ago.

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• The Daily Report

  Painting the Town Pink

  Kathryn Kondracki | Mon, Aug 18th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: New York | Tags: new york city, art, kat kondracki, renee mlynaryk, garbage bags, adrian kondratowicz, garbage, trash, catherine kolnaski magnet school | 0

  Artist Adrian Kondratowicz gives the standard trash bag a makeover. The bags raise environmental awareness but also cost a pretty penny. Fashionable or for real?

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• Web Exclusives

  Made in America

  Hamida Kinge | Sun, Aug 17th, 2008 | Category: Interviews | City: Los Angeles | Tags: los angeles, brooklyn, sports, music, violence, prison, filmmaking, documentary, neighborhoods, skateboarding, gangs | 1

  Stacy Peralta, former skateboarding icon turned documentary filmmaker, spent 15 years wanting to make the film that eventually became Made In America. An examination of gang life in South Central, Los Angeles, the film combines historic footage and interviews with current and former gang members, as well as activists and experts. Next American City’s Hamida Kinge recently called Peralta at his Los Angeles home to discuss the film, Los Angeles, gangs and racial inequity.

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• The Daily Report

  L.A. City Council Turns Fast Food Into a Zoning Issue

  Brian Krier | Fri, Aug 15th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Los Angeles | Tags: los angeles, brian krier, obesity, city council, public health, fast food, food zoning, jan perry, food desert | 3

  In a unanimous vote on July 29, the Los Angeles City Council approved a one-year moratorium on the opening of new fast food establishments in some of the city’s poorest neighborhoods. Was the council acting in its constituents’ best interests or did the city extend itself too far into the lives of its residents?

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• The Daily Report

  Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do

  Ray Hainer | Thu, Aug 14th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | Tags: traffic, traffic, freakonomics, freakonomics, slate.com, slate.com, army ants, tom vanderbilt, tom vanderbilt | 2

  Tom Vanderbilt’s breezy new book, Traffic, looks at the science and humanity of driving, and asks why people can’t get along on the road.

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• NAC News

  Next American City Heads to Milwaukee!

  Pooja Shah | Wed, Aug 13th, 2008 | Category: NAC News | City: NAC News | Tags: dave steele, milwaukee, diana lind, pooja shah, university of wisconsin - milwaukee, 24:hrs | 0

  Next American City is planning a four-day visit to Milwaukee where we will bring you a symposium, subscriber party, university visits and a 24:Hrs!

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• The Daily Report

  Would You Like a Coffee with That Bike Repair?

  Kathryn Kondracki | Wed, Aug 13th, 2008 | Category: Report | City: Madison | Tags: kat kondracki, trek bicycle corporation, wisconsin, bicycling, trek shop, machinery row bicycles | 1

  Machinery Row Bicycles and Trek Bicycle Corporation join together to bring Madison, Wisc. bikers roadside assistance 24 hours a day.

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• The Daily Report

  D.C. Metro Purple Line: Yes Or No?

  Jeffrey Hill | Tue, Aug 12th, 2008 | Category: Report | City: Washington, D.C. | Tags: jeffrey hill, environment, suburbs, transit, green, construction, metro, 2008, development, maryland, suburb, amtrak, trains, planning, neighborhoods, martin o'malley, purple line | 8

  Connecting D.C. area suburbs with a new Metro line will be complicated. Lawsuits and local politics have delayed the proposed Purple Line connection between Bethesda, Silver springs and New Carrollton.

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• The Daily Report

  Dark Sky to City Dwellers: Get Lost

  Diana Lind | Mon, Aug 11th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Philadelphia | Tags: philadelphia, diana lind, university of pennsylvania, perseids, clark park, astronomy, brandywine state park | 3

  Tonight’s the peak of the Perseid’s meteor shower, but I can’t watch it from my backyard in Philly. Let’s lament together the city’s lack of access to nighttime nature.

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• The Daily Report

  Op-ed Flashback: Adding Accountability To Eminent Domain

  Next American City | Fri, Aug 8th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | Tags: eminent domain, urban renewal, new london, fort trumbull, annie lux | 0

  Annie Lux describes New London’s use of eminent domain in the 1960s and its use to reclaim the same land four decades later.

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• The Daily Report

  MoMA’s Home Delivery: A Disappointment

  Diana Lind | Wed, Aug 6th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: New York | Tags: architecture, diana lind, prefab, moma, home delivery | 0

  MoMA’s big summer show is called Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling. If this is the future of architecture, I regrettably have to say I want no part of it.

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