Systems in the U.S. that we always thought were going to produce more opportunities for the next generation than they did for the last no longer do so. Many believe that our ability to solve complex problems and make hard choices is broken.
Conversation ended the minute the Rachel Shteir turned a review of books about Chicago into a pan of the city itself. Which is a shame, because Shteir's review was a gigantic missed opportunity to investigate the fact that "Chicago" is a performance.
As an architect, I've lived, worked and traveled to different cities around the country. But as these urban centers change and grow and as I stand witness to it all, I can only wonder: What are our visions for these future cities?
I don't necessarily expect that future historians will find purposeful reasons for the emptying out of our great cities. More likely, they will seek to identify social, economic or demographic reasons that resulted in the urban crisis.
If you love cities, if you see them as the places where the promise of America, the ideal of citizenship highlighted by the president, can be fulfilled... you have one more reason to keep pushing for real change over the next four years.
By Daniel Lefferts for Bookish: Bad news for the City of Brotherly Love: According to a recent study, Philadelphia is in direly poor health—it’...
Road researchers have noticed that driving in major cities has reached an unexpected plateau, a phenomenon known as "peak car use."
I don't suggest that there was a purposeful rationale, or even multiple rationales, to destroy the cities. The causes are more likely to have been social, cultural, economic and demographic.
From 24/7 Wall St: Each year, Capgemini publishes the U.S. Metro Wealth Index, which ranks the number of high-net-worth individuals living within the ...
Just as the height and placement of skyscrapers tells us about our global standing and self-image, the buildings they now hide and overshadow tell us about new religious realities.
The population of the United States has increased steadily by roughly 2.5 million people every year since World War II. Throughout prosperity and hard...
The White House has installed Catherine Opie's Lake Michigan, Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer (2004-05). The four-photo work is on loan from the Museu...
We should push the federal government to lead a movement for a new urbanism, a systematic approach to building up the economies and physical and social infrastructures of American cities.
American Rivers has highlighted eight communities' sustainable water management approaches that will make them more resilient to a changing climate....
Bloated Housing Prices, Lofty Living Costs and High Unemployment Rates Make These Cities the Most Overpriced in the U.S....
Feeling sad? Bursting with energy? Enjoying the invigorating swagger of being a man's man? There's a city out there for you. A variety of research or...
