Recently added articles from The Next American City:
LETTERS
Jul 01, 2008; ... RE: Symposium, NAC in New Orleans, March 2008 In early March, your New Orleans symposium addressed the following questions: "How has the city's strong tradition of arts and cultural activity played a part in bridging issues of race and class, and how has the investment in human capital ...
ERRORS AND OMISSIONS
Jul 01, 2008; ... ERRORS AND OMISSIONS: Various errors were found in Issue no. 18's feature "Green for All" and the ...
The "U" Word
Jul 01, 2008; ... BACK IN MARCH, when Pennsylvania's primary seemed poised to shift the balance of the battle for the Democratic nomination, Philadelphia's Mayor Michael Nutter called on the candidates to debate "urban issues," implying that the issues that cities face are of national concern. Soon after ...
CALENDAR
Jul 01, 2008; ... CONFERENCES, MEETINGS, NOTABLE CITY EVENTS IN UPCOMING MONTHS JUNE 19 Thinking through History "Philosophy for an Endangered World" is a conference dedicated to discussing environmental ethics, ecocriticism and the aesthetics of natural and built environments in our ...
STATS + QUOTES
Jul 01, 2008; ... "I'm near tears every time I drive by a parking lot and cannot recall which beautiful building stood in its place." - CAITLlN BROWN, 24, A LIFELONG DETROITER DISCUSSING THE DEMOLITION OF STRUCTURES IN HER HOMETOWN. Page 18 Each of us faces three cardinal decisions in our ...
BUZZ
Jul 01, 2008; ... CITY NEWS AND DEVELOPMENT FROM AROUND THE NATION 1 THE BRONX, NEW YORK A new principal transforms a troubled school Not more than two years ago, Jordan L. Mott Junior High School 22 in the South Bronx was considered one of the 12 most dangerous schools in New York ...
Everything is Going to be Alright
Jul 01, 2008; ... Demolition and adaptive reuse in Detroit Once hailed as "The Paris of The West" and a national center for investment and development, Detroit has become a symbol of failed urban policy over the past 40 years of decline. Vacant skyscrapers and factories dotting Detroit's skyline testify ...
IDEAS: BRIEFS
Jul 01, 2008; ... "A Bronze Fonz? A Revealing Tussle Over Public Art in Milwaukee," by Dave Steele (originally posted on americancity.org) We all want great public art in our cities. But we rarely seem to get it. Art is a transaction between artist and viewer, the interplay of the artist's ...
Housing Mobility
Jul 01, 2008; ... The Move-to-Opportunity movement In an episode of the popular HBO series The Wire, two mid-level drug dealers debate the recent demolition of a Baltimore public-housing high rise. While one reminisces about the good times and lucrative drug-dealing that took place in "the towers," his ...
Taken for a Ride
Jul 01, 2008; ... The insanity of escalators "You know, it's just stupid," says mechanical engineer Matt Dermond over an empty pizza box and scattered scraps of equations. "If you have a place like a mall, you could install an elevator for the elderly and the disabled and tell everyone else to take a ...
Ask an Urban Historian
Jul 01, 2008; ... Q: Why did baseball emerge as the "city game" in the mid- and late-1800s? During the early 19th century, baseball was played in rural America. Middle- and upper-class white men formed baseball organizations as a vehicle to socialize. Baseball was a country club sport like golf and tennis ...
Globalization & Ghettos
Jul 01, 2008; ... David Wilson, A GEOGRAPHY PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has spent years studying the urban geography of America's post-industrial cities. He coauthored, with John A. Jakle, Derelict Landscapes: The Wasting of America's Built Environment, which read America's ruins ...
Invisible Cities
Jul 01, 2008; ... Wendy S. Walters A NATIVE OF DETROIT, IS A POET, ESSAYIST and assistant professor of English at the Rhode Island School of Design. Her latest essay, "Lonely in America: Contemplating the Remains of Slavery," published in the March 2008 issue of Harper's Magazine, describes her efforts to kindle ...
the NEW SCHOOL
Jul 01, 2008; ... Studies and teachers suggest that involving parents in their children's schools improves the quality of education and helps build community. Then why isn't the cooperative preschool more popular? The scraped metal side door of the Prospect Avenue subway station in Brooklyn looks like it ...
Charity Case
Jul 01, 2008; ... For more than 250 years, New Orleans' Charity Hospital has served the city's poor. Now, a $1.2 billion medical complex threatens Charity's existence - and the way the city takes care of its citizens. New Orleans, La. On the second day of Hurricane Katrina, doctors and patients in ...
MOBILIZING MOBILE
Jul 01, 2008; ... Mobile and Coden, Ala., don't have the glamour of New Orleans. After Hurricane Katrina, they didn't get the government funding or media attention, either. Mobile, Ala. Leevones Dubose leads an expedition of college students, media reporters, concerned residents and homeless ...
Big Thoughts For a New Era
Jul 01, 2008; ... Book Big Thoughts For a New Era The Endless City Ricky Burdett and Deyan Sudjic, eds. Phaidon Press After 10,000 years, we have reached a quorum. A few months ago, a baby was born in Dhaka or a migrant arrived in Lagos, and we became a predominately urban species ....
Urban Identitites
Jul 01, 2008; ... Book Urban Identitites Who's Your City?: How The Creative Economy Is Making Where to Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life Richard Florida Basic Books In his newest offering, Who's Your City?, superstar urban economist Richard Florida explains that each of ...
Desperate House Buyers
Jul 01, 2008; ... Book Desperate House Buyers House Lust: America's Obsession With Our Homes Daniel McGinn Doubleday Compulsively scan- ning house list- ings, engaging in conversations and Internet research to assess the value of acquaintances' homes, incessantly remodel- ing and ...
Indigenous Modernism
Jul 01, 2008; ... Book Indigenous Modernism USA: Modern Architectures in History Gwendolyn Wright Reaktion Books If you believe that nationality is the proper taxonomic unit of architectural style, then USA: Modern Architectures in History, by Gwendolyn Wright, makes perfect sense ....