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Archives
Memphis, Then and Now (1887 to 2011)
The city went broke in the 1870s. A look at how the Memphis of today compares with this low point
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Year in Review
The Year in Ideas
A round-up of my most provocative and meaningful 2011 columns
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Year in Review
The Best Of 'Best Ofs' of 2011
A round-up of the strangest city highlights from alternative weeklies around the country
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In Defense of Phoenix
What Andrew Ross gets wrong in his book about the city's flawed sustainability initiatives
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9 Ways the Housing Industry Has Failed Us
A new report lists the temporary and systemic issues keeping the industry from helping the economy recover
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Unconventional Public Transit Project of the Day
An urban escalator opens in hilly Medellin slum
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Videos
Warning of Urban Sprawl...in 1959
A Hitchcockian take on the danger of perpetual suburbanization from the Urban Land Institute
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As Minnesota's Cities Grow, Townships Fade Away
More and more townships are choosing to join up with cities
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The Great California Sports Shuffle
Silicon Valley cities try to entice the A’s and 49ers to move into new digs
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Postcard
Postcard From Vatican City
The bidding war that wasn't for Vatican.xxx and other news from the holy city

