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What's Going On: The Youth Radio Remix

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Poverty, Youth Radio, Crime, Vietnam War, War, Npr, Violence, Brandon Mcfarland, All Things Considered, What's Going on Now, America, Urban, Marvin Gaye, Kennedy Center, Veterans, Video, Entertainment News

If there aren't enough musicians these days producing albums that will help Americans cope...we can always reach back into the vault.

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German Street Artists Makes Cardboard Cities

Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Slidewide, Video, Cardboard Art, Found Art, German Art, Miniature Art, Street Art, Evol, Slidepollajax, UK Arts, Stencil Art, Urban, Miniatures, Arts News

Most often artwork made with a cardboard box is referred to as a diorama and is made by a third grader, but sometimes the humble material can yield in...

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A Night in Anacostia: The Beginning of Southeast D.C.'s Rebirth

Raymond Schillinger | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Dc, Art, Urban Revitalization, Gentrification, Urban, Anacostia, Washington DC, DC Neighborhoods, D.C. Anacostia, D.C. Around Town, Anacostia D.C., DC Gentrification, DC News

Signs suggest Anacostia is next in line for resurrection. The vestiges of economic blight -- unkempt liquor stores and condemned buildings -- are slowly vanishing as startup businesses, art galleries and new restaurants take their place.

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PHOTOS: Open And Closed Street Photography

Peter Levi | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Photography, City, Street, Street Photography, Black and White Photography, Stockholm, Sweden, Urban, Slidefreestyle, Exposure, Arts News

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3 Ways to Save America's Black Boys, Pt. 1 of 3

Mike Green | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Economic, Black America, Saving America's Black Boys, Job Growth, Black Boys, Entrepreneurs, Innovation, Innovation Economy, Venture Capital, Failing Schools, STEM Education, Entrepreneurship, Urban, Education, Black Voices News

Whenever someone thinks they have few bullet points of supreme wisdom that can save the world, sane people instantly roll their eyes. The insanely cur...

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Shooting Haiti: The Rosena's Life Project

Jeroen Swolfs | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Photography, Video, Red Cross, Streets of the World, Port-Au-Prince-Haiti, Port Au Prince, Travel, Jeroen Swolfs, Travel Blogs, Haiti, Urban, Travel News

A girl who broke both her legs and lost most of her left hand under the rubble is still fighting for her dream: to become a nurse.

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WATCH: A Cuban Car With Modern Technology

Jeroen Swolfs | Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: Taxis, Photography, Art, Streets of the World, Travel, Jeroen Swolfs, Havana, Cities, Cuba, Urban, Travel Blogs, Video, Travel News

In Havana, I interviewed Victor, a Cuban taxi driver who showed me his family pride, a 1958 Mercedes with a few very special features such as "air-conditioning."

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Top 10 Reasons to Become an Urban Beekeeper

Megan Paska | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Farming, Beekeeping, Urban, Bees, Urban Beekeeping, Green News

While having your own brand of honey is going to be a top reason for most, there are plenty of other selling points. Beekeeping has, for me, been one of the most fun and engaging things I've ever gotten tangled up in.

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Shooting Jamaica: Big Personalities, Bigger Stingrays

Jeroen Swolfs | Posted 02.06.2012

Read More: Photography, Streetsoftheworld, Art, Adventure, Global, www.streetsoftheworld.com, Streets of the World, Cayman Islands, Stingray, Travel, Swolfs, Diving, Jeroen Swolfs, Cities, Urban, Video, Travel News

Though we all carry a little piece of Jamaica in us thanks to Bob Marley, his relaxed style of reggae doesn't suit everyone in Kingston.

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Shooting Costa Rica: Penalties And A Draw

Jeroen Swolfs | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Photography, Adventure, San Jose, www.streetsoftheworld.com, Streets of the World, Costa Rica, Travel, Swolfs, Penalties, Urban, Streetsoftheworld, Global, Art, Soccer, Jeroen Swolfs, Cities, Travel News

During my last four days in San José it was constantly raining, but today suddenly there was a little sun out so I took my camera and ran out to see what was happening.

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Marc-Olivier Wahler Inspires Palais de Tokyo (VIDEO)

Constantin Bjerke | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Exhibition, Art, Contemporary, Marc Olivier Wahler, Anne Lacaton, French, Artists, Gallery, Museum, Experimental, Jean Philippe Vassal, Palais De Tokyo, Paris, Urban, Creative, Video, Arts News

It is a "space for production, reflection and today's challenging art, but with a structure that is pro-active and flexible."

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Knockoffs As Fine Art

Posted 11.08.2011

Read More: Fendi, New Jersey, Coach, Customization, Luis Gispert, Gucci, Knockoff, Burberry, Louis Vuitton, Decepcion, New York, Urban, New York Fashion Week, Brands, Arts News

The knockoff fashion culture brings the inaccessibility of major luxury brands to the masses, and the results are often nothing like what the original...

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New Collar: Detroit's Working Class Youth

Turnstyle | Posted 10.19.2011

Read More: Photos, Photography, Downtown, New Orleans, Youth, Photo Essay, Decay, National, Photographer, Depopulation, Community, City, U.S., Frontline Solutions, Pendarvis Harshaw, Tagging, Kellogg Foundation, Urban, Young Voters, Midwest, Motown, Detroit, Graffiti, African American #Black #Black Americans, PHOTO GALLERY, Prevailing Community Development, Matrix Community Service, Michigan, Black Voices News

Originally published on Turnstylenews.com, a digital information service surfacing emerging stories in news, entertainment, art and culture; powered ...

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Central Park: A Performance in Four Seasons (Summer)

Jack Schimmelman | Posted 08.17.2011

Read More: Belvedere Castle, Waterfall, Jack and Jill, Central Park, War, Spring, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Victor Herbert, Swans, Loss, Peace, New York City, Apollo, Urban, John Lennon, Summer, Spiritual, Imagine, Ghosts, Casualties, Love, The Ramble, William Shakespeare, Summer Solstice, New York News

Central Park lights the stage in all her glory, for summer has arrived, voluptuous and steady. No longer do the denizens of the city fear nature's vacillating affection.

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Environment, Technology & The City

Carla Leitao | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Human, Nyc, Geopolitics, Networked City, San Diego, Festival of Ideas, Global Design, Technology, City, Transhumanism, Design, New York City, Urban, Nature, Nyu, Pratt GAUD, Gdnyu, Slidepollajax, Near, Art Meets Science, Arts News

"...During the day I have only the power of those who sleep in the day - far fewer, so I am limited. Though I'm bolstered by people watching TV, since...

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The Big Myth About Chicago Violence

Zack Isaacs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Shootings, Dr. Carl Bell, Chicago, Violence, Weather, Myths, Gangs, Guns, University of Illinois at Chicago, Impact, Urban, Chicago Violence, Chicago News

After surviving the blizzard of 2011, it is fair to say that Chicagoans have suffered with cabin fever. But it is not fair to blame the recent spike in violence on warm weather.

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Habitat: Public vs. Private and Trees

Jill Lynne | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environmental Eco, Abingdon Square, Green Parks, Birds, City-Scape, Habitat, Hudson River Park, Trees, Urban, Hiline, Mayor Bloomberg, New York News

Inspiring green foliage is also to be found flourishing in fastidiously-tended window boxes, sidewalk trees with mini plants, and marvelous, beloved "private" front and back yards.

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Ask Xorin: Backyard Bliss

Xorin Balbes | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Home Improvement, Ask Xorin, Templehome, Self Improvement, Soulspace, Backyard, Urban, Los Angeles News

Having a balcony in the city is such a wonderful thing. A connection to the outdoors exists right out your balcony door, and creating a space that maximizes this potential is a must.

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View From the Top: 10 Transcendent LA Vistas

Trazzler.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: trazzler.com, Hiking, Hikes, Megan Cytron, Socal, Trazzler Travel Writing Contests, Meditative, La, La Getaways, Travel, Trazzler, View, Outdoors, Los Angeles, Mountains, Urban, Skyline, Nature, Meditation, Travel Writing, Travel Writing Contest, Relaxing, Slidepollajax, Los Angeles News

The thrill of rising above the smog and sprawl and teeming humanity is a natural antidote to the stupor of urban drudgery. Luckily for Angelenos, stairs lead up and highways wind into the hills.

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What I Want From LA in the Next Decade

Marc Porter Zasada | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Urban Life, Los Angeles, Pedestrians, Urban, City Planning, World City, Eli Broad, Los Angeles News

Over the next 10 years, I want you to become a city -- that's right, a real city, like London or New York, Paris or Tokyo. Okay, maybe a collection of cities.

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FILM: Is Brazilian Film The Future?

Lauri Lyons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Latin America, Films, Vik Muniz, Sao Paulo, Rio Film Festival, South America, Dzi Croquettes, Sao Paulo Art Biennale, Brazil, Lauri Lyons, Movies, Reidy Building Utopia, Cinema, Art, Filmmaking, Film Festivals, Rio De Janeiro, Dance, Museum of Modern Art, Premiere Brazil, Brasil, Terras, Social Justice, Terra, Peru, Urban Planning, Flag an American Story, Recycling, Maya Da Rin, Tropicalia, Recolumbia, Alfonso Reidy, Revolutions, Performance Art, Flag International, Ana Maria Magalhaes, Architecture, Moma, Social Activism, Gilberto Gil, Future, New York Art, New York, Museums, Urban, The Waste Land, Gay, Columbia, Colombia, Arts News

This year's Premiere Brazil film festival hosted by the Museum of Modern Art and the Rio Film Festival produced a line up of films that can best be described as the art of social activism.

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Earth Day at 40 In Brooklyn

Linda Cronin-Gross | Posted 05.25.2011

These are the people and groups who toil, every single day, for a better environment, no matter what. Here in Brooklyn, we are taking out some time on this environmentally symbolic day to honor some of those groups and people.

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Worth Watching: Yann Arthus-Bertrand's "Home"

Avital Binshtock | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Photography, Glenn Close, Statistics, Review, Travelogue, Montage, Agriculture, Tribal, Green, Movie, Eco, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Music, Animals, Consumption, Imagery, Countries, Urban, Images, Pace, Friday, Grit, Balance, Nations, Helicopter, Dubai, Earth, World, Solutions, Optimism, Production, Planet, Film, Offshore, Method, Home, Las Vegas, Hopeful, Humans, Species, South Korea, Camera, Proof, Environment, Documentary, Artist, Fishing, Reforesting, Denmark, Meat, Wind Farms, Cities, Universe, Slow, Paraglider, Entertainment News

Yann Arthus-Bertrand's method is to get somewhere high, usually a helicopter or a paraglider, and point his camera downward. The results are usually magnificent, and last year, they inspired a film.

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Grand Theft Auto 3: Rail City

Greg Selkoe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mass Transit, Fatalities, Green Jobs, St. Louis, Urban Planning, Hong Kong, Green, Mbta, Green Energy, Enviornment, Urban, Iphone, San Fransico, Anaheim-California, Railroads, Trains, Anaheim, Los Angeles Times, Salt Lake City, Obama Transition, Las Vegas-Nevada, Google Maps, Dallas, Boston, I-Phone, Walt Disney, Walt Disney Co, California, New York-New York, Los Angeles-California, Chicago High Speed Rail, Disneyland, President Barack Obama, Green Living, Portland, Los Angeles, New York City, New York, Barack Obama, Las Vegas, Transportation, Mayor Menino, Boston Globe, Oil, New York Times, New York City-New York, High Speed Rail, Japan, Europe, Disney, China, Light Rail, Green News

This is the last of my 3 part installment of posts entitled Grand Theft Auto. In this post I will discuss inner city public rail transportation and automobile use in urban settings.

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Living City Block Denver: A Glimpse of a Greener Future?

Ben Holland | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Efficiency, Lodo, Renewable, Green, Design, Sustainability, Walkable Cities, Buildings, Retrofit, Cities, Denver, Urban, Denver News

Smart growth. Sustainable cities. These terms get tossed around a lot, typically used in reference to new buildings and new communities. But what about existing buildings and our aging cities?

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