Goodbye, alt-weeklies
Papers like the Village Voice once defined urban cool. Their time is gone -- and so is part of each city's soul
Saturday, Oct 6, 2012 5:00 PM UTC 25Life Dream City, village voice
Papers like the Village Voice once defined urban cool. Their time is gone -- and so is part of each city's soul
Saturday, Oct 6, 2012 5:00 PM UTC 25Shiny new cities, set in the suburbs: It's the hot development trend. Is it real urbanity, or the new white flight?
Saturday, Sep 22, 2012 4:25 PM UTC 35Waterways surrounding cities were once filled with toxic industrial sludge. Now they're the new recreation frontier
Saturday, Sep 15, 2012 1:30 PM UTC 16Why do we pay more attention to violent crimes that take place near landmarks? Location, location, location
Thursday, Sep 13, 2012 8:18 PM UTCDems swamp the GOP in urban areas, but act embarrassed of the progressive values that make cities great
Saturday, Sep 8, 2012 5:00 PM UTC 13In a mixed-income development will the poor and the well-off interact -- or not so much?
Saturday, Sep 1, 2012 4:00 PM UTC 38Trendy enclaves get discovered right away. Artists leave, Starbucks arrives. Let's all move to the suburbs!
Saturday, Aug 25, 2012 4:00 PM UTC 78As Brazil, China and India grow, cars follow -- and so does traffic. Are we doomed to nightmare commutes?
Thursday, Aug 23, 2012 3:35 PM UTCThe GOP convention's host city is a disaster, and a perfect reflection of where Tea Party politics will lead cities
Saturday, Aug 18, 2012 4:00 PM UTC 214Long hours, crazy commutes, urban pressures -- suddenly our cities are bringing us down
Saturday, Aug 11, 2012 1:30 PM UTC 14Fox News and Glenn Beck want you to think a Phoenix pastor was jailed for his beliefs. It's not true
Friday, Aug 10, 2012 2:40 PM UTC 44Starbucks and wine bars won't work everyplace, so cities are looking abroad for new residents, and economic energy
Saturday, Aug 4, 2012 4:00 PM UTC 14Let's stop making lists of "cool cities." They use the same boring criteria, and no one wants to live in them
Monday, Jul 30, 2012 8:15 PM UTC 88Subsidized tiny studios are New York's latest effort to appeal to the young and upwardly mobile
Saturday, Jul 28, 2012 4:00 PM UTC 37Crime is at a 40-year low, but nervous parents are limiting their kids' freedom to roam -- and it hurts urban life
Saturday, Jul 21, 2012 4:00 PM UTC 86As going carless turns cool, our new train stations are becoming magnificent public gathering spots
Saturday, Jul 14, 2012 4:00 PM UTC 32Buzzed-about essays debate the "creative class." Maybe coffee shops and bike shares aren't a real urban policy!
Friday, Jul 13, 2012 4:15 PM UTC 33Forget open land. Actual wild space is returning to cities -- and these new swamps and wetlands might save money
Saturday, Jul 7, 2012 4:00 PM UTC 25A catchy nickname isn't enough: A city needs a persona. But how do you brand a place that's simply nice to live in?
Saturday, Jun 30, 2012 4:00 PM UTC 16The economy has young people boomeranging back to flyover-country cities to live cheap and chase their dreams
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