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A New Life for Pruitt-Igoe
A design competition is underway to re-imagine America's most infamous public housing complex
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Photos
America's Best New Parks
By mixing fresh design with a variety of uses, these spaces represent the future of city parks
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Maps
Rustbelt Baseball Fans: A Little Less Miserable?
Three Midwestern MLB teams with modest payrolls outlasted everyone else this year
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The Best and Worst of Official City Flags
They're less visible, but most cities have flags just like countries or states. Some are great. Others, not so much.
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Videos
A Grassroots Guide to Saving the Rust Belt
Jack Storey of the group Saving Cities on their new film, 'Red, White & Blueprints'
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Descendants of the High Line
Four urban elevated railroad parks in progress
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Charts
Is Bicycle Commuting Really Catching On? And if So, Where?
A survey of 55 major U.S. cities shows big gains in many places, but plenty of regional variation
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Aerotropolis Ambitions Falter in St. Louis
Tax credits aimed at building a shipping hub slowly disintegrate in legislature
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Democracy in America
St. Louis to Board of Aldermen: Save Our Del Taco
How a flying saucer ended up at the nexus of local politics and real estate development this summer
