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Last week, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg made headlines unveiling a new prototype for a teeny-tiny apartment designed to fit the needs of single New Yorkers seeking affordable dwellings that actually allow for sunlight, as well as the occasional dinner party. The design from Monadnock Development, the Actors Fund Housing Development Corp. and nArchitects ? the winning entry in a city-sponsored …
Next American City 2013-02-01 18:24:45
The Superdome in New Orleans. Credit: VisionaryAgency Professional sports teams, and the big events associated with them, are near and dear to many an urban-dweller?s heart. New York City is already salivating over next year?s Super Bowl before this year?s has even happened. The city will rename part of Broadway ?Super Bowl Boulevard? in honor of a game that is not taking …
Next American City 2013-02-11 16:32:07
Soldiers fighting in Afghanistan Credit U.S. Army The shooting death of former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle earlier this month has sparked a debate about the damaging effects of post traumatic stress disorder among veterans. Largely left out of the discussion, however, are the young men and women living in urban areas with high rates of violent crime — people who are more …
Next American City 2013-01-30 22:06:51
Remember when Stephen Colbert, while parodying the pro-gun contingent?s use of violent video games as a scapegoat for mass shootings, took a tangential jab at the planning profession? ?Of course, video game violence is not a new problem,? the comedian said on his satirical TV show, The Colbert Report, earlier this month. ?Who can forget, in the wake of SimCity, how children …
Next American City 2013-02-01 16:45:20
Credit: Michael Hashizume on Flickr Most city councils are fashion followers when it comes to progressive legislation, and Philadelphia is no exception. The trendsetting cities ? San Francisco and New York, among other usual suspects ? tend to serve as laboratories for liberal legislation. They test it, refine it and then, a few years later, the ordinances spread across the country. San Francisco was …
Next American City 2013-02-08 17:50:23
Camden’s since-demolished Riverfront State Prison as seen from the Benjamin Franklin Bridge. Credit: Lisa Campeau on Flickr New Jersey officials passed a law on Thursday that permits the sale of a former state prison site in North Camden, opening up 16 acres along the city?s waterfront for redevelopment. Riverfront State Prison opened in 1985 amid hopes that it would, according to then-Gov. …
Next American City 2013-02-08 18:32:52
Aaron Perlut remembers how reluctant he was to move to St. Louis. But upon arriving, the public relations and digital marketing strategist quickly realized there was plenty to be excited about. The city, however, had to let people know that. So Perlut launched the ?St. Louis Doesn?t Suck? campaign, which highlights the city?s employment opportunities, affordability, and educational and cultural resources. …
Next American City 2013-02-08 18:13:02
On a recent snowy weekday, I had the good fortune to be in Detroit with time to explore two of the city’s best-loved art spots. Find some information about the artists and the ideas, materials and environment with which they work in the slideshow below. Also, be sure to check out all the good work by The Imagination Station and The …
Next American City 2013-01-17 11:00:24
Manufacturing’s recovery in 2010-2012, compared to that of other industries. Credit: Brookings Institution In his first term, President Obama introduced the Race to the Top competitive grant program to encourage reform of public schools. Now at the start of his second term, researchers from the Brookings Institution are recommending a similar program to spur reform of colleges and universities that teach people …
Next American City 2013-01-17 15:00:33
The new partnership will tackle a transport sector that accounts for roughly 13 percent of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. Photo credit: TheCityFix via TheCityFix The World Resources Institute, led by its sustainable transport center, EMBARQ, and the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group) established a partnership today that will further their mutual goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from urban transportation. The partnership focuses …
Next American City 2013-01-18 18:15:29
After years of steady growth, Khmer Palelai Buddhist Monastery in Southwest Philadelphia is expanding with a new facility. Credit: Flickr user dwwebber It?s a cold, wintry-gray day on Ritner Street in the South Philadelphia. But turn a corner, past a deserted, brown park, and suddenly the street shines orange and gold. An imposing, carved fence presses against the sidewalk; statues of the …
Next American City 2013-01-22 19:20:28
Fomer New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin Credit: Derek Bridges from Flickr A grand jury indicted former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin last week. Nagin, charged with accepting bribes in exchange for city contracts, faces 21 counts of corruption ranging from bribery to money laundering. Nagin served as mayor of New Orleans from 2002-2010. He gained notoriety for his strong rhetoric and weaker …
Next American City 2013-01-24 19:46:46
The Luz neighborhood, known for its train station, had been slated for a 45-block redevelopment plan. Credit: Tuca Vieira Less than 30 days into his first term as mayor of São Paulo, Brazil, Fernando Haddad of the center-left Workers’ Party has made good on one of his campaign promises: To halt the Projeto Nova Luz, a downtown redevelopment project based on a …
Next American City 2013-01-30 18:33:57
Kilamba, a newly built and still-empty city built in Angola. Credit: CITIC Group In November, I heard architect John Onken give a presentation at the 2012 Architecture for Humanity: Design Like You Give A Damn conference in San Francisco, where folks from around the country and abroad delivered Pecha Kucha talks about, well, what we gave a damn about. In his talk, called …
Next American City 2013-02-04 17:30:21
Police making an arrest in Chicago. Credit: Flickr user grendelkhan On a Tuesday afternoon late last month, 15-year-old Hadiyah Pendleton and her friends were hanging out in a Chicago park shortly after finishing exams at their nearby high school. Around 2:30pm, an unknown gunman appeared from an alley and opened fire before escaping to a getaway car. Pendleton, who just days before …
Next American City 2013-02-05 13:52:18
Outgoing New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Credit: World Bank Photo Collection Michael Bloomberg gave the final preliminary budget presentation of his mayoral administration last week, signaling the end of an era in New York City politics. Observers were forced to wonder what would become of the city?s annual ?budget dance,? in which fiscally conservative Bloomberg clashed with the liberal City Council …
Next American City 2013-02-06 12:38:37
I can’t deny that the “God Created a Farmer” ad for Dodge’s RAM trucks was beautiful. The ad’s imagery was Americana at its finest. Paul Harvey, whose voice animated the pictures, in and of itself stunned me. Like other ads coming out of the Chrysler car company, it put a lump in my throat. And yet, the ad, like the one …
Next American City 2013-02-06 15:24:04
The George N. Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago’s Southwest Side. Credit: Flickr user yooperann Last year, Chicago saw 506 homicides, 1,383 sexual assaults and more than 13,000 robberies. Along with tens of thousands of other felony cases, these crimes were all adjudicated at the George N. Leighton Criminal Court Building on the city?s Southwest Side. It is the nation?s busiest courthouse, …
Next American City 2013-02-07 14:53:08
Koch in 2007. Credit: Flickr user Boss Tweed At the inauguration for his first term as mayor of New York in 1978, Edward Koch spoke of the hardships that had plagued the city for more than a decade. ?These have been hard times,? said Koch, who passed away this month. ?We have been drawn across the knife-edge of poverty. We have been shaken …
Next American City 2013-02-07 18:45:41
Juan-Pablo Velez is a freelance data journalist and member of Open City, a civic tech collective. Under Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the City of Chicago is embracing open data to fuel civic innovation ? the idea that if governments liberate their data on transit, crime, buildings and the like, technologists will build useful things with it. New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco and many …
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