One academic's quest to define urban sprawl. Complete with new acronyms. View full entry
"What's remarkable about the urban planning of Burning Man is how this social experiment illuminates what is essential about what we need to live together. Giant groups demand intelligent design and culture thrives in smaller tribes. Form must bend to function, but function is elevated by beauty... View full entry
The New York Times on the discovery of 20,000 negatives of old New York City Housing Authority photographs, documenting the before and after conditions of NYC urban renewal projects in the mid-Twentieth Century and the impact on the lives of those families who were relocated."Those women should... View full entry
Silt from Illinois River Becomes Top Soil for New Chicago Park. (via NPR) View full entry
More than two miles of tunnels and three stations were constructed nearly 80 years ago to alleviate traffic congestion. The money ran out in 1927, but now groups offer tours of the system that's been a source of popular myth and legend for generations of Cincinnatians. audio, photos, history from... View full entry
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in Colorado (with bulldozers)in Louisana (with death threats) View full entry
The New York Times on Philip A. Payton Jr., the developer who pioneered the African-American settlement of Harlem and forged that neighborhood's cultural identity in the first decade of the Twentieth Century. View full entry
Colorado man, very very upset about a Zoning Board decision, armor plates a bulldozer, welds himself in and - armed with a gun - proceeds to raze a concrete batch plant, the town hall, a bank, a library, and local newspaper offices. He is still inside the bulldozer. From CNN View full entry
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After decades of blight and unfulfilled promises that give Detroit its distinctive cynical outlook and fuel its creative output, the industrial capitol of North America is starting to attract newcomers. Fueled in part by a surge of redevelopment, Michigan governor Granholm's "cool cities... View full entry
As happens every decade or so, civic leaders are professing high hopes for Bunker Hill... "Now, Los Angeles will have at its center a grand boulevard and urban park, providing millions of people each year the opportunity to walk, shop and play while enjoying downtown at its best." Sounds nice... View full entry
"Almost all the Jews, except a few descendants of mixed parentage, resettled in New York, Los Angeles, Tel Aviv and elsewhere as the Communists took power in 1949. They left behind a charming neighborhood with row houses, schools, a synagogue, a park and even a Little Vienna Cafe. "The district... View full entry
Does Starbucks kill local cafes? ruin local neighborhoods? homogenize America? Find out from the Willamette Week View full entry
Issue 5 of The Next American City is out. Included: the "Creative Class" debate - Richard Florida responds to his critics; can St Louis survive; and the Mobile Home. Look for TNAC at Barnes&Noble and other select bookstores. View full entry