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Reclaiming L’Enfant Plaza
A huge swath of D.C.‘s Southwest quadrant has, for a long time, served as a reminder of the mistakes of 1960s-era urban reclamation. But plans are in the works to transform the area into an example for sustainable redevelopment.
DailyCityLedes: The Importance of Earnest Buy-In
CityLedes is a weekly roundup of urban-related news happening across the country and globe, as compiled by Mark Bergen, Harry Moroz and David Sparks.
DailyFor Roosevelt Island Campus, Thom Mayne Puts Function First
When looking for an architect to design the academic building for the Cornell NYC Tech campus on New York City’s Roosevelt Island, it was a progressive, form-follows-function approach that drew Cornell University to Thom Mayne.
DailyOn Washington Ave, Competing Visions Clash
Washington Avenue in Philadelphia is a loud, chaotic example of the growing pains of a city struggling to redefine itself on limited means and with limited direction.
DailyCityLedes: On the Border Front
CityLedes is a weekly roundup of urban-related news happening across the country and globe, as compiled by Mark Bergen, Harry Moroz and David Sparks.
DailyIn the Traffic of Cairo’s DIY Highway Exit, an Urbanist Movement Grows
Inspired by the battle over public space in Tahrir Square, residents of Ciaro neighborhoods away from the city center have begun staging their own interventions in the urban realm.
FeaturesBetting the Farm
*It’s no secret that urban agriculture is in vogue. Just witness the beehive colonies on Brooklyn rooftops and chicken coops advertised in Austin, Texas real estate listings. But as major urban farms such as the Milwaukee-based Growing Power gain new facilities, employees and glowing media attention, most have not yet…
DailyDispatch from NOLA: What Happens When Your City Puts Tourists First
New Orleans depends on tourists attracted to big events such as this year’s Super Bowl. But this means that much of the city’s economic development and infrastructure improvements don’t touch the lives of people who live and work here.
FeaturesD.I.Y. Urbanism and Cairo’s Public Space Revolution
…continuing to reshape the built environment, ordinary Cairenes are rethinking the ways they interact with the changing urban landscape around them. As protesters, street vendors and government authorities battle over to whom public space belongs and what it may look like, people living in long-ignored informal settlements away from the…
Informal CityThe Virtues of Corruption
In a guest blog post, the author of the forthcoming book _If Mayors Ruled the World_ argues that urban corruption, while corrosive in the long term, can benefit those struggling in a system stacked against them.
Informal City“We Don’t Plant Trees, We Grow Houses”
Reflecting on the dramatic changes in Metro Manila allowed participants in that city’s Futures Scenarios workshop to look forward toward an era of climate change, population shifts and large-scale resettlements.
DailyForefront Excerpt: The Unlikely Ascent of Palestine’s Green Architects
An introductory excerpt from this week’s Forefront.
FeaturesThe Unlikely Ascent of Palestine’s Green Architects
*Amid a stalled peace progress and an increasingly hopeless political atmosphere, a growing number of young Palestinians are betting that they can design their way into a better future. In Ramallah, the de-facto Palestinian capital, young designers are making furniture out of trash in hopes of reducing landfill waste while…
Informal CityWhy Slum Upgrading Requires a Light Touch
In slum upgrading and development, a less-is-more approach can have vastly better outcomes than a heavy-handed one.
DailyIn Southern Cities, SCOTUS Strikedown of Voting Rights Act Provision Likely to Hit Hard
The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn a part of the Voting Rights Act will most clearly affect people of color, who often make up majorities in urban areas while remaining minorities statewide.
FeaturesHow Code for America Is Changing the Way Cities Run
…San Francisco-based non-profit Code for America has embedded its budding techies in one-year fellowships with city halls around the country. The goal: To build apps that make city governments run more effectively and bolster engagement between citizens and civil servants. But even Code founder Jennifer Pahlka — who hatched the…
Informal CityA Plan for Communities Built Locally and Sustainably With ‘Sweat Equity’
At the Innovation Workshop in Manila, participants voted for a plan that would allow poor communities to take the lead in building and developing their own neighborhoods.
DailyWhither Code for America, and Civic Tech at Large?
Nancy Scola, who wrote about Code for America in this week’s Forefront story, further elaborates where the civic tech-focused non-profit is headed.
DailyOn the Philly Riverfront, a Question of Who Has Privileges to the Park
Should cities operate public parks for the private benefit of nearby neighbors? That seemed to be the question asked Tuesday night in Philadelphia.
FeaturesIBM’s Department of Education
…be first in line for a job at, you guessed it, IBM. But the $100 billion company’s move into education, which Rupert Murdoch has described as “a $500 billion market in the U.S. alone that is waiting desperately to be transformed,” comes at a time when the tech giant is…