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The Problem of the Police-Community Divide

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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 …

Dispatch from NOLA: What Happens When Your City Puts Tourists First

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Next American City 2013-02-04 15:11:07
A run-down school in Central City, with the Superdome in the background. Credit: Steve Beatty/The Lens It?s fairly safe to say that, of the estimated 150,000 visitors to New Orleans for Super Bowl XLVII, approximately zero attended the party I went to in New Orleans on Saturday night. Carnival celebrations were officially suspended in Orleans Parish this weekend because of the game …

The Fight for the Mount Laurel Doctrine

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Next American City 2013-02-04 18:59:00
Affordable housing projects in Jersey City, N.J. Credit: Flickr user dotpolka Last week the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland released a study finding that poverty is on the rise across the nation. Midwest urban areas have seen particularly intense spikes, while Northern cities have the heaviest concentrations of urban poor. As the report notes: [T]his increase was most rapid in neighborhoods that …

The Softer Side of Brutalism

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Next American City 2013-02-05 11:00:36
The J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington, D.C. Credit: Wally Gobetz on Flickr Brutalism is what it sounds like. While most kinds of architecture are designed to be inviting to visit or beautiful to look at, Brutalist buildings dare you to enter them and discourage you from getting too comfortable. Characterized by cold materials, heavy massing and rigid, rectangular forms, Brutalism found …

Delivering a Solution to Philly?s Maternal Health Crisis

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Next American City 2013-02-12 13:30:22
A section of a mural designed by North Philly’s new doulas. Credit: Allyn Gaestel Squeals of children and wafts of fried chicken are the first sign this is no ordinary meeting at Temple University Episcopal Hospital in North Philadelphia. A mural spread across the table, hand drawn in magic marker with messages such as ?supporting wombmen who birth nations,? is further evidence. The …

In Qu�bec and Beyond, Celebrating the City in the Frozen Outdoors

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Next American City 2013-02-12 15:06:23
Winter Carnival, an 18-day winter celebration in Qu�bec City. Credit: Greg Scruggs Today is Mardi Gras, Shrove Tuesday or Ter�a-Feira Gorda, depending on where you?re celebrating. At midnight, New Orleans police will clear out Bourbon Street and declare the official end of the holiday. Revelers in the streets of Port-of-Spain, Trinidad will summon their remaining energy to make a ?las? lap? around …

Robert Hammond, Evangelist for the High Line, to Step Down

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Next American City 2013-02-12 20:21:57
The High Line in Manhattan. Credit: Kwong Yee Cheng on Flickr Robert Hammond is stepping down as executive director of Friends of the High Line, the advocacy group dedicated to New York City?s famed elevated park, according to a Monday night newsletter announcement. The first portion of the High Line, a one-mile park stretching along a former railway through Manhattan?s lower west …

A Non-Comprehensive List of Mayors Indicted for Corruption

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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 …

URBAN NATION: Money-Wise, Stadiums and Super Bowls Don?t Benefit Cities

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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 …

C40 and World Resources Institute Join Forces to Promote City Transit

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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 …

A Micro Solution for a Macro Problem

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Next American City 2013-01-30 19:00:09
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 …

Untangling Urban Growth Boundaries

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Next American City 2013-01-18 12:15:36
A new development in Cabarrus County. Credit: Nancy Pierce via PlanCharlotte Containment policies, such as Urban Growth Boundaries (UGBs), are becoming more widespread as metro regions try to control sprawl and revitalize central cities. In North Carolina, Mecklenburg County?s northeastern neighbor, Cabarrus County, has tried such an approach in hopes of preserving small-town atmospheres and farmland. Disappearing farmland and mounting pressure from developers reached …

Among Gas Stations and Bodegas, A Temple Opens its Gates

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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 …

Sick Leave Bill to Test Philly?s Readiness for Business Regs

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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 …

Former Camden Prison Site Cleared for Redevelopment

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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. …

Policy Wonks Push for Investment in ?Advanced? Manufacturing

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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 …

Forefront Excerpt: The Many Lives of Luz

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Next American City 2013-01-21 10:50:14
Credit: Tuca Vieira A 123-acre redevelopment project in the heart of S�o Paulo has set off a debate in the Brazilian megacity, with some saying that the deal will profit real estate developers at the expense of lower- and working-class people. In Forefront this week, Greg Scruggs examines the multibillion-dollar saga, finding unprecedented land use policies that could have long-lasting implications for …

Nagin Brought Up Injustice, So We Get Real

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Next American City 2013-01-23 13:40:46
Ray Nagin’s indictment came as little surprise in New Orleans. Credit: Derek Bridges from Flickr Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin?s first public comment after being indicted last week on 21 counts of corruption was a quote from civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere,” Nagin tweeted to his 2,436 followers. The irony here …

Violence, Mental Health and Subway Tunnels

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Next American City 2013-01-24 11:00:57
Credit: Paul Sableman on Flickr To transit riders, not much is scarier than stories of subway attacks like the one that occurred last week in Philadelphia?s Chinatown, when a young woman waiting at an underground subway platform was beaten and thrown onto the train tracks. The woman survived ? she managed to avoid the high-voltage third rail and climb to safety, suffering only …

New S�o Paulo Mayor Shelves Massive Development Project

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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 S�o 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 …

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