Planning & Stuff

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The Closest Look Yet at Gentrification and Displacement

A new study finds that gentrification improves Philadelphia neighborhoods, but its ripple effects hurt the most vulnerable.

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California Doesn't Have to Choose Between High-Speed Rail or Dams

The flaws in House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s favorite argument.

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Not In My Front Yard: The controversy of installing sidewalks - Spacing Toronto

McNicoll Avenue at Boxdene Avenue. There’s no sidewalk on the south side of this busy Scarborough road. It might come as a surprise that nearly 25% of all local streets in Toronto don’t have a sidewalk. And many more only have a sidewalk on one side of the street. Most local streets that don’t have sidewalks are found …

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Changing Skyline: Making sense of Philadelphia's many innovation districts

Urban planners love an organizing concept. Cities originally built their economies around financial districts, but over the years they have pinned their hopes on other specialized centers, like arts districts, enterprise zones, science centers, and festival marketplaces. Today, every ambitious city dreams of having an innovation district.

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In San Francisco, An Affordable Housing Solution That Helps Millennials

Eighteen- to 24-year-olds are one of the fastest-growing homeless populations in the U.S. For many, public housing is out of reach. Enter a nonprofit that offers subsidized apartments to young adults.

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Every City Should Have Something Like San Francisco's Mass Transit Access Map

It lets you see exactly how much of the city you can reach in a given time window.

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Poisoned Water in Newark Schools

Sadly, the lead problem is not surprising, given the neglect by Congress and state governments.

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Newark Schools to Test Pupils for Lead as Officials Cite Longstanding Problem

As many as 17,000 students may have been affected, but the immediate plan will be to offer testing to children who attend two early-childhood programs at schools where lead was detected in the water.

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Newark School Officials Knew of Lead Risks, 2014 Memo Shows

The document, sent that summer, urged principals and custodians to have everyone run the water in fountains before drinking in an effort “to reduce the risk of possible lead contamination.”

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Elevated Lead Levels Found in Newark Schools’ Drinking Water

The school district, New Jersey’s largest, shut off water fountains in 30 buildings until more tests could be conducted.

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The City of Newark SUSTAINABILITY ACTION PLAN

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The Anti-Packaging Movement

Recycling is nice, but some shop owners are trying to eliminate waste altogether.

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Not A Group House, Not A Commune: Europe Experiments With Co-Housing

From urban high-density housing to rural communal living, Europeans are using the principle of co-housing — in which neighbors share space and resources, depending on their needs.

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What's It Like To Live Without Electricity? Ask An Indian Villager

Some 77 million Indian households depend on kerosene lamps and candles when the sun goes down. Green entrepreneurs are looking to spread the light with affordable solar panels.

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Three charts that show how poor productivity is in the UK – but is it because we’re just plain lazy?

George Osborne has finally confronted the shockingly poor rate of productivity among the UK’s workforce – something he describes as the “challenge of our time”.