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Density

The Creative Compact

Richard Florida | Posted 09.09.2012 | Business
Read More: Workforce, Creativity, Potential, Skills, Talent, Economy, Jobs, Rise-of-the-Creative-Class-Revisited, Innovation, Tolerance, Education, Clustering, Creative Compact, Prosperity, Density, Richard Florida, Openness, Technology, Diversity, Cities, Creative Class, Business News
Richard Florida

The tectonic upheavals our economy is enduring are the result not just of financial shenanigans by the global One Percent, but of a deeper and more fundamental shift -- the passing of the old industrial order as it gives way to the emerging Creative Economy.

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In Defense of Bedbugs

Ben H. Winters | Posted 11.14.2011 | Home
Read More: Bed Bugs, Urban Living, Ryan Avent, Density, Bedbug Infestation, Insects, Bed Bug Infestation, Bedbugs, Living With Bedbugs, New York City, Cities, City Living, Home News
Ben H. Winters

Yes, they live in your bed; they suck your blood; and they are almost impossible to kill or get rid of. All of these can be considered negative qualities. But play a bit of compare and contrast, and bedbugs come out looking pretty good.

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Pondering Artifacts of Displacement in the Sustainable City

Charles R. Wolfe | Posted 09.04.2011 | Green
Read More: U.S. Cities, Photography, Green Urban Planning, Living News, World, Urban Policy, Neighborhoods, Urban Planning, Rome, Architecture, Green, Travel, Urban Design, Real Estate, Sidewalks, Green Urban Design, Urbanism, World News, Transportation, Culture, Streets, Density, Travel News, Green News, Sustainability, Living, Pedestrians, Cities, Green News
Charles R. Wolfe

If our cities must be dense to be competitive and sustainable, we must also look with care to the potential displacement of uses, institutions or traditions -- not to mention the artifacts we will leave behind.

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Landmarking Urban Change in New York

Roberta Brandes Gratz | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Climate Change, Historic Preservation, Urban Design, Social Change, New-Urbanism, Density, Modernist-Architecture, 2 Columbus Circle, New York Architecture, NY Culture, NY Real Estate, New York News
Roberta Brandes Gratz

New York City has become a city for the rich and the poor for national and local economic reasons that have nothing to do with preservation.

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Waste Not Want Not: City Living is the Way to a Wealthier Nation

John Petro | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Suburbs, Automobiles, The American Dream, Mass Transit, Green Metropolis, Zoning, David Owen, Ed Glaeser, New York City, Kaid Benfield, Density, Transit-Oriented-Development, Houston, Smart Growth, Cities, Mortgage Interest Deduction, Green News
John Petro

To reduce the country's excessive energy consumption, we need to make our new and existing suburbs more like cities. This means embracing the principles of smart growth and transit-oriented development.

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Fear of A Double Dip Recession

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Driving, Pattern Language, Cars, Integral Thinking, Obama Economy, Metrosprawl, Oil Economy, Recession, Permaculture, Christopher Alexander, Density, Oil, Communities, Double Dip Recession, Diabetes, Cities, Business News
Stephen C. Rose

The enemies remain the car, the superhighway, the notion of endless oil and the willingness to grit teeth and accept the constraints of what passes for life in metrosprawl.

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