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Designing Brooklyn: 7th Annual BKLYN DESIGNS Show Opens Tomorrow
“TOMORROW, the seventh annual show of designs created in Brooklyn — Bklyn Designs — will open in Dumbo, drawing renewed attention to this neighborhood of former factories and warehouses, and its… more →
The 'Not-So-Rough' Guide
Black People, the Supreme Court, and Our Rights.
eomillner wrote 3 days ago: Elliot Millner, J.D. The United States Supreme Court recently made a number of d … more →
Troy Davis: Life/Death Around the Corner?
eomillner wrote 1 week ago: Troy Davis by Elliot Millner, J.D. ” I have faced execution and the torment of saying goodbye … more →
Not as cosmopolitan as one might think
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payton wrote 1 week ago: A rebuttal to two common conceits about NYC vs. Chicago, in an attempt to clarify. 1. “Chicago … more →
Insider's guide to Toronto - new blogTO column
Crystal Luxmore wrote 2 weeks ago: If you could ask City Hall to change one thing about the city right now, what would it be? Paul Ngyu … more →
Me and Lil' Wayne
Meet the Mayor
christopherswope wrote 1 month ago: Like me, Ed Morris biked cross-country. Unlike me, he tracked down the mayors of dozens of towns alo … more →
The Great White Right-of-Way
christopherswope wrote 1 month ago: New York gives Broadway over to pedestrians. Governing, June 2009 Plus: my interview with NYC Transp … more →
Key factors associated with youth delinquency
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Diane Dyson wrote 1 month ago: A Statistics Canada analysis this spring looked at factors associated with delinquent activity among … more →
A hundred years later
payton wrote 1 month ago: [Oh, wow, I've been seriously delinquent about blogging. I have dozens of links for a link dump, but … more →
Stattbad Wedding - Exhibition: No More Sugar For The Monkey
barbnerdy wrote 1 month ago: Update: Great! These guys also did the great Urban Affairs Exhibition last year at the brewery Lands … more →
Canary in the Coal Mine
samsondoggie wrote 1 month ago: I’ve got a feeling that we might be out of the recession. Not because I’m reading the W … more →
Designing Brooklyn: 7th Annual BKLYN DESIGNS Show Opens Tomorrow
jerrysmolin wrote 1 month ago: “TOMORROW, the seventh annual show of designs created in Brooklyn — Bklyn Designs — will open … more →
A white resident's dilemma: gentrification or segregation?
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Diane Dyson wrote 2 months ago: A Twitter friend, @JessieNYC, a smart and progressive woman who lives in New York City, worried rece … more →
Great Park Takes Shape
christopherswope wrote 2 months ago: Orange County’s mega-park clears one hurdle but hits others. Governing, May 2009 … more →
What if we treated payday lenders like Cigarette Makers?
samsondoggie wrote 2 months ago: Cigarettes are slowly being taxed out of American way of life. In some places it can cost more than … more →
Disease and the regenerative power of cities
Diane Dyson wrote 2 months ago: An appropriate quote, in these pandemic times, from Jane Jacobs’ The Death and Life of Great A … more →
DUMBO Dock Street Project Update - City Planning Commission OKs Smaller Building
jerrysmolin wrote 2 months ago: “The City Planning Commission voted overwhelmingly to support a controversial tower next to th … more →
Spoiling Eaters, Not the Food: Why New York Food is So Good
jerrysmolin wrote 2 months ago: Joseph Epstein on why New York food is so good: “Manhattan must have 300, perhaps 400, splendi … more →
Nothing Like a No Interest No Payment Loan from Wells Fargo
samsondoggie wrote 2 months ago: There is nothing quite like a loan that you don’t have to pay back. At least, that is what a f … more →
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