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October 26, 2022
Critical Mass
Los Angeles Has Always Been Burning: Remembering Mike Davis
The author of “City of Quartz” and “Ecology of Fear” changed the way we think about cities, inequality, and climate change.
March 17, 2021
Critical Mass
The Lost Plan for a Black Utopian Town
Soul City in North Carolina was designed to build Black wealth and address racial injustice. Then its opponents lined up.
September 1, 2014
Miami Is the #1 Airport in America for Shipping Dead Foreigners. Here's What It Costs to Fly a Corpse Home.
December 19, 2013
Richard Florida, Mr. Creative Class, Is Now Mr. Rust Belt
But he's not sorry about Brooklynizing your neighborhood
November 14, 2013
Would Repealing D.C.’s Height Limit Help Republicans Win Back Virginia?
October 31, 2013
The End of the Rainbow
From 1993: America's Changing Urban Politics
August 28, 2013
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The One Building that Explains How Detroit Could Come Back
A plan to foster innovation amidst bankruptcy
July 11, 2013
Robert Moses Redux
Our new infatuation with old urban titans
April 1, 2013
After the Newspaper Building
Struggling dailies are abandoning their grand old buildings. Why that's not a bad thing.
March 22, 2013
Is It Too Late to Fix DC's Suburbs?
The trouble with urbanizing Beltway sprawl
March 14, 2013
Detroit's Least Bad Option
How emergency management could help the ailing city
March 13, 2013
If You Rebuild It, They Might Not Come
Brad Pitt's beautiful houses are a drag on New Orleans
February 15, 2013
The Real Problem with Gentrification
A phenomenon that revived cities can also make them monotonous

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