Monthly Archive:: September 2007

The atrium lofts that helped transform a city: The development firm Urban Splash’s pioneering founder, Tom Bloxham was profiled in

Urban Splash – hard to imagine a cooler developer: The cities in northwest England, namely Liverpool and Manchester, weren’t transitioning very

The sounds of high urban quality of life: There’s endless research on what makes a city look good, but what

Innovation happens at the edge of chaos: In science, the ‘edge of chaos’ is the region between order and
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How does your city stack up among ‘America’s Most Romantic’?: Some cities have that intangible quality that sets them apart. I think

A third place to spark community a small town: A few years ago 32-year old Melanie DiPasquale felt there was something

Stockholm, Sweden’s eco-city: There’s endless talk about building eco cities that don’t seem to meet

The first beta community meeting in Syracuse: What kind of space do artists and musicians want in the city

A vision becomes reality in Pasadena: Way back in November 2005 we published the projected vision of the

Crowdsourcing temporary third places on Park(ing) Day: What’s out: Protests demonstrating what you don’t want. What’s in: Crowdsourcing what

Lessons on how to spark an indie rock scene: Rule #1. It has little to do with intentionally creating a music

New film ‘Contested Streets’ a must-see: If you’re trying to convince city and business leaders in your city
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Real estate investment of the future = Crowdfunding?: The current financial model for real estate investment is pretty depressing for

The happiest people in the world: …live in Copenhagen, Denmark, say the polls. Continuing our series of looking

Cities making efforts to promote people over cars: Succeeding generations really do want more pedestrian-oriented downtowns, and cities are starting

The quintessential internet city? Tallinn, Estonia: Where?!!! That’s probably a fairly common reaction. Located south of Finland and

One of the only authentic trendy stores you’ll find: First of all, authentic trendiness is practically an oxymoron, which is why

Celebrating the microbreweries: In continuing our previous story on the authentic value of microbreweries, thanks