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Portland: Build This Retirement Home for Chickens!
Portlanders are putting their elderly poultry out to pasture. We have a better idea.
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Which Cities Are the Musical Trend Setters?
A new study ranks Atlanta, not New York or L.A., as the most influential on our musical tastes.
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Why Is a Patent Troll in Luxembourg Suing U.S. Public Transit Agencies?
ArrivalStar claims it invented live transit alerts. Your apps, taxpayer dollars, and the open data movement are all at stake.
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North America's Most Distinctive Theater Marquees
A sampling of some of the most vibrant, colorful signs.
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Urbanizing the Suburban Food Chain
How a Portland foodstuff distributor brought his company into the city.
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A Bike To Fix Public Transit's Biggest Problem
Gabriel Wartofsky thinks his folding electric bike can be the final cog in a multi-modal transportation network.
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Pink Lights, Talking Cameras, and High-Pitched Squeals: The World's Weirdest Anti-Loitering Technologies
Do any of these annoying strategies actually work?
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The Death Row of Urban Highways, Part 3
Five highways whose execution gave their cities new life.
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Zipcar's Cities of the Future
Zipcar ranks U.S. cities on innovation, sustainability, and creativity.
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Democracy in America
Portland's Mayoral Race Is Full of Delightful Oddballs
Could Oregon's largest city be helmed by a tree-climbing arsonist, a man who holds proof of God's existence, or the guitar genius behind the tweaker anthem, "Mobile Crank Lab"?
