November 27, 2012
The 20 Richest Metros in America (the First 2 Will Surprise You) [Image: The Bureau of Economic Analysis]

The 20 Richest Metros in America (the First 2 Will Surprise You)

[Image: The Bureau of Economic Analysis]

11:06am
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Filed under: Metropolitan Finance Urban City Chart 
November 16, 2012

Can You Tell a City By Its Blocks?

What if city blocks could be extracted, isolated, stripped of all but their essential form, and lined up like soldiers for inspection? Would we know Paris or Berlin by the sum of their parts?

French artist Armelle Caron has satisfied this curiosity in “Tout bien rangé,” an assembly of what Caron calls “graphic anagrams” of well-known cities. The series, whose title translates roughly as “All in order,” is composed of digital images of cities printed on canvas — cities whole and cities disassembled, catalogs of parts for some Borgesian Ikea project.

Read more. [Images: Armelle Caron]

11:55am
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Filed under: City Urban Planning Design 
September 7, 2012

The World’s Leading Cities for Fashion

New York, not surprisingly, is first and L.A. second. This pattern is similar to the more general one for arts, media and entertainment, and music, in which these two superstar cities also dominate.

But some surprises follow. Columbus, Ohio, is third. Its high ranking likely reflects its position as the headquarters of Limited Brands, the parent company of Bath & Body Works, Victoria’s Secret, and Henri Bendel. Nashville is fourth. Nashville of course is a leading music center, and musicians and fashion have long been connected[…]

Read more. [Image: Reuters, MPI’s Zara Matheson]

10:29am
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Filed under: City Fashion Art Map 
September 4, 2012
Pit Bulls, the Ultimate Urban Dog Starting in the 1980s, pit bulls came to embody all of the public’s fears and anxieties about what was wrong with America’s inner cities. The dogs have been stock images in a familiar, grim urban picture that includes drug dealing, racial tension, gun violence, and decay. Many cities and counties have banned them; Miami-Dade County in Florida just upheld a 23-year ban on pit bulls and related dogs by a 63.2 percent to 36.8 percent margin. But all this time, there have been people who have spoken up for pit bulls as terrific companion dogs particularly suited to city life, one with a long history in American culture. There was Petey, of Little Rascals fame, and Buster Brown’s dog, Tige. World War II propaganda posters used the pit bull as a symbol of American spirit. Read more. [Image: Shutterstock] 

Pit Bulls, the Ultimate Urban Dog

Starting in the 1980s, pit bulls came to embody all of the public’s fears and anxieties about what was wrong with America’s inner cities. The dogs have been stock images in a familiar, grim urban picture that includes drug dealing, racial tension, gun violence, and decay. Many cities and counties have banned them; Miami-Dade County in Florida just upheld a 23-year ban on pit bulls and related dogs by a 63.2 percent to 36.8 percent margin.

But all this time, there have been people who have spoken up for pit bulls as terrific companion dogs particularly suited to city life, one with a long history in American culture. There was Petey, of Little Rascals fame, and Buster Brown’s dog, Tige. World War II propaganda posters used the pit bull as a symbol of American spirit.

Read more. [Image: Shutterstock] 

10:19am
(Notes: 174)
  
Filed under: Dog Urban City Pets World War II Culture 
July 23, 2012
Writing the Rules for Smart Cities  Being a smart city is not only for the developed world’s cities, to make it easier to find a place to park, however. Anil Menon, the Bangalore-based president of globalization and “smart and connected communities” for Cisco, says smart cities are really about averting catastrophe. The world’s urban population is expected to increase from 3.5 billion in 2010 to 6.2 billion in 2050, and almost all of this growth is expected to take place in less-developed countries. Technology helps those cities manage those huge increases in population, Menon says, with more efficient and less expensive provision of basic services such as water and sanitation. Read more. [Image: Anthony Flint]

Writing the Rules for Smart Cities 

Being a smart city is not only for the developed world’s cities, to make it easier to find a place to park, however. Anil Menon, the Bangalore-based president of globalization and “smart and connected communities” for Cisco, says smart cities are really about averting catastrophe. The world’s urban population is expected to increase from 3.5 billion in 2010 to 6.2 billion in 2050, and almost all of this growth is expected to take place in less-developed countries. Technology helps those cities manage those huge increases in population, Menon says, with more efficient and less expensive provision of basic services such as water and sanitation.

Read more. [Image: Anthony Flint]

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Filed under: City Smart Bike Share Disaster Developing World Barcelona 
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