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street view Feb. 4, 2021

If Your City Were Really Dying, You Probably Wouldn’t KnowVisiting Annalee Newitz’s Four Lost Cities.

By Justin Davidson
vision 2020 Apr. 22, 2020

Will Trump Allow the Coronavirus to Ravage Blue America?The urban–nonurban divide characterizes the coronavirus response and economic crises to a dangerous degree.

By Ed Kilgore
cityscape Oct. 15, 2018

Can Paris Exist Sans Gasoline? Its Mayor Thinks So.Anne Hidalgo fights to create a global capital free of exhaust-spewing cars. But not everyone is ready to let go.

By Justin Davidson
urban planning June 14, 2018

A Year Has Passed Since the Grenfell Tower Fire. It Could Happen Again Anytime.This was murder by negligent bureaucracy. Preventing the next one begins with stronger regulation.

By Justin Davidson
urban planning June 8, 2018

Nashville Is Supposed to Be the Model Walkable 21st-Century City. Not Quite.A walkable downtown that’s still pretty car-dependent.

By Justin Davidson
urban planning Mar. 27, 2018

Why You Should Be in Favor of Congestion Pricing in New YorkYes, it’s annoying to be taxed for something that always appeared to be free. Get over it.

By Justin Davidson
select all May 9, 2017

Can Cities Protect the Free, Open Internet for Everyone?When cities like New York shape the internet to their needs and beliefs, the web — and society — benefit.

By Mark Surman
May 7, 2017

Are American Cities in Crisis?In his new book, longtime urban optimist Richard Florida appears worried.

By Justin Davidson
the urbanist Feb. 26, 2016

These Are the Cities Within New York CityPart industrial park, part adult playground.

By Emily Nonko
moving on up Dec. 10, 2014

Detroit to Finally Get Out of BankruptcyThe emergency manager is also stepping down.

By Jen Kirby
dangerous american cities Nov. 21, 2010

St. Louis Named America’s Most Dangerous City, New York Not Even in Top 200According to one study, anyway.

By Mike Vilensky