Sarah Goodyear
Sarah Goodyear has written about cities for a variety of publications, including Grist and Streetsblog. She lives in Brooklyn.
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Urban Wonk
'Walk Score' Is Great, But it Still Doesn't Capture 'Walk Appeal'
We need other ways of quantifying walkability on our nation’s streets.
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The Emotional Impact of New Skyscrapers
When you love a city, every change in its skyline is a sign of how it has aged with you.
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Urban Wonk
Beach Volleyball Bikinis and Women's Bodies in Public Space
The perception of women’s bodies as public property to be commented upon and regulated is one of the universal undercurrents of urban life.
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A Saudi Woman Embarks on a 'Faceless Experiment'
Writer Rana Jarbou is blogging her experiences wearing the niqab in Riyadh.
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A Man Builds, and Rebuilds, an Ideal City in LEGO
Scott Crawford created a model of his ideal Jackson, Mississippi - a pedestrian-friendly spot with lots of bike lanes and solar panels.
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The Junk Food Attitude Toward Place
We consume these places without thinking, like potato chips in front of the television, and America is full of them.
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How Street Art Is Changing a Miami Neighborhood
Is Wynwood a place where Miami’s creative minds come to hang out and work or "where art goes to die"?
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An L.A. Artist Makes Immigrant Workers Impossible to Ignore
Ramiro Gomez plants cardboard cutouts of domestic service employees in wealthy neighborhoods.
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Can City Dwellers Have Nice Things?
Violence at New York's McCarren Park Pool has some suggesting all urban resources fall prey to the tragedy of the commons. Here's why this thinking is flawed.
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Videos
Sometimes the Simplest Ideas Make the Best Pop-Ups
Five blocks of a downtown Cleveland boulevard were temporarily transformed this spring.
