5.19.13 | culture, economics, reuse
Artists and bohemians have been flocking to Berlin since the wall came down in 1989. Affordable rents and vacant spaces allowed room for experimentation, as diversity in numbers created a dynamic infrastructure for cultural exchange. Today, many creatives in Berlin face the struggle of earning money by selling to other creatives who earn just as little as they do. Some have ...
5.8.13 | sustainability, community
As co-founder and publisher of the online magazine Shareable, Neal Gorenflo aims to bring the "sharing economy" into the mainstream ...
5.2.13 | disaster, resilience, geography
This year marks the centennial of one of the most devestating weather-related disasters ever experienced in the United States. During ...
4.22.13 | democracy, governance, podcast
First adopted in Porto Alegre, Brazil, to engage residents in generating solutions to severely unequal living conditions, participatory ...
4.17.13 | technology, sociology, culture
Studying at a cafe recently, I noticed that most of the people around me were sitting alone in front of computers. Others had come to meet and ...
4.9.13 | community, d.i.y., gardening
San Agustín, a parish in Caracas, Venezuela, is known for open plots of land where the hillside is too steep for habitation. A group of ...
4.5.13 | entrepreneurship, events
Cities around the world are struggling with unemployment, troubled school systems, violence and environmental degradation ...
4.4.13 | links
New links from Ali Madad on urban hacking as quality management, cartographic escapism, self-portraits atop skyscrapers, open states ...
3.25.13 | development, politics, research
On Tuesday, hundreds of thousands of people will gather in Tunis for the World Social Forum (WSF). They plan to discuss alternatives ...
3.20.13 | riots, planning, infrastructure
Paris is on the verge of a massive transportation upgrade, largely for the benefit of its long-neglected suburbs. The Boulevard ...
3.16.13 | photography, housing, neighborhoods
Photographer and filmmaker Eve Morgenstern has been travelling throughout the United States documenting abandoned homes ...
3.11.13 | reuse, art, protest
The Casablanca art world has been up in arms since the Feb. 15 print edition of Al Ittihad announced that the city government ...
3.6.13 | art, technology, culture
Although the Bay Bridge opened six months before the Golden Gate Bridge, it is widely considered the lesser of the two. The ...
3.4.13 | geography, democracy, quotes
"The central message that emerges from urban political ecology is a decidedly political one. To the extent that cities are produced ...
3.2.13 | community, development, design
Locally owned shops were once cornerstones for products, services, employment and social networks in urban neighborhoods. The rise ...
2.25.13 | governance, placemaking, transit
The city of Pontevedra in northwest Spain has become a leader in walker-friendly urban policy over the past 15 years. In light of its ...
2.21.13 | policy, slums
The city of Chandigarh was conceived by Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of independent India, as capital of the state ...
2.17.13 | development, employment, politics
Alcorcón, a quiet suburb of Madrid, is poised to begin transforming into "EuroVegas" by the end of the year. The controversial project ...
2.15.13 | links
Ali Madad's latest collection of links, on "dissatisfaction city," Warsaw's "new old town," smart citizens, smart parking and a starry ...
2.14.13 | transit, planning, employment
As Morocco's largest city and business center, Casablanca suffers from infernal traffic congestion, related air pollution and ...
2.13.13 | economics, credit, business
"Underbanked" is a bit a of buzzword in the financial services industry, but it rarely finds its way into popular culture. Different definers ...
2.12.13 | history, public space
In the early 1990s, Alberto Boido started taking pictures of graffiti in the streets of Milan. He now returns, twenty years later, to ...
2.10.13 | debt, community, recovery
As Hurricane Sandy moved up the East Coast, Mayor Michael Bloomberg ordered an evacuation of all New York City flood zones ...
2.8.13 | industry, environment, public health
For those who see America as a land of justice for all, I recommend visiting the Delray neighborhood in Detroit. Its boarded-up ...
2.7.13 | planning, slums, inequality
The city of Brasilia took shape on a relatively isolated plot of open land in 1956, becoming the capital of Brazil in 1960. The city was ...
2.4.13 | reuse, community, development
"Esto no es un solar" (this is not a lot) is a participatory design project reanimating abandoned lots in Zaragoza, Spain ...
2.3.13 | typography, design
In part five of our series on urban typography, we turn our attention to the universal problem of complicated parking signs. With their ...
2.2.13 | housing, neighborhoods, photography
Over the past three years, photographer and filmmaker Eve Morgenstern has been working for the U.S. Federal Reserve to document ...
2.1.13 | real estate, inequality, architecture
Of all the factors that contribute to urban livability — including public health, education and infrastructure — policy is often focused ...
1.31.13 | culture, film
New American Noise is a collection of short films that document emerging music scenes in six cities — from bounce beats for ...
1.30.13 | design, housing, books
Despite a lifelong commitment to modernist architecture, Edward Durell Stone is often associated with the movement away ...
