The Art of Public Space
Benjamin R. Barber : Urban Planning
Filling the empty streets and turning pedestrian piazzas into true commons.
2009
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DC Metro Crash Exposes Funding Strikeout
Dave Zirin : Sports
Who will be the next to die because our cities spend money on sports stadiums instead of basic infrastructure?
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Philadelphia Rising
Robert S. Eshelman : Philadelphia
The mayor's budget plan would close libraries. The people say, Think again.
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A City Made of Waste
Teddy Cruz : Architecture & Design
Across the border from San Diego in Tijuana, a spontaneous urban space is taking shape off the radar of city planners, as an affluent city sheds its aging houses and the pieces are reassembled into creative dwellings for the poor.
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Ticket to Ride
Ben Adler : Transportation
The greenest way to lift the country out of a deepening recession is to put people to work building mass transit.
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Living for the City
Kim Phillips-Fein : History
A biography of Robert Clifton Weaver traces the life and times of an often misunderstood urban reformer.
2008
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This Brave Nation: Environmental Visionaries
Carl Pope and Van Jones discuss the issues and movements that have informed and inspired their lives and work.
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Benazir Bhutto: An Age of Hope Is Over
As the world mourns the loss of Benazir Bhutto, it would be myopic to focus only on Islamic-inspired violence and on Pakistan. For all of post-independence history, South Asia has been a region drenched in blood.
2007
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Campaign in the City: Boston Mayor Tom Menino
VideoNation : US Politics & Government
"Because Washington has no urban agenda, the cities in this country are doing poorly. Unemployment is up. Faith in the economy has gone down. Crime has gone up."
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Campaign in the City: Rochester Mayor Bob Duffy
VideoNation : US Politics & Government
"Our cities across this country are proud. They have a great history. But like a boxer, they've taken one knee, and they have to bring themselves back."
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Campaign in the City: Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon
VideoNation & MayorTV : US Politics & Government
"I want to see one of the candidates come up with a comprehensive plan to eliminate the tide of drugs coming into our country. I mean, we have wars here in our city."
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Campaign in the City: Miami Mayor Manny Diaz
VideoNation : US Politics & Government
"The media and pollsters don't focus on urban issues. They focus on the war, abortion, gay rights -- things that, quite frankly, for those of us in the trenches, are not exactly the hot button issues."
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Campaign in the City: Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin
VideoNation : US Politics & Government
"Water is my top 10 priorities. Or top 20"
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Campaign in the City: Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper
VideoNation : US Politics & Government
"The Rocky mountains are a place where people come together and put aside partisan issues to solve problems. Being able to talk about those pragmatic solutions is going to be of great benefit to the entire country."
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Campaign in the City: Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak
VideoNation : US Politics & Government
"I hope when the presidential candidates talk about cities, they stop thinking about us as basketcases, and think instead of the potential of cities to turn this country around."
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Campaign in the City: Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown
VideoNation & MayorTV : US Politics & Government
"While presidential candidates are raising substantial amounts of money in cities, they are spending it in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina ... It disproportionately puts the focus on [rural] areas of the country where the majority of our citizenry do not live."
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Campaign in the City: Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson
VideoNation & MayorTV : US Politics & Government
"Republicans and Democrats alike, among mayors in this country, have been very, very upset and concerned about the disregard for cities by this administration."
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