The Big Fix
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Berlin's Invisible Gentrifiers
The city's properties are being sucked up by out-of-towners who visit only a few weeks a year, turning neighborhoods into ghost towns.
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Can D.C. Lead the Way to a 21st Century Waterfront?
In Washington, designers are planning a revamp that returns the city to the water's edge.
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'We Buy Houses': Decline and Opportunity in Pittsburgh's East Suburbs
Penn Hills, Pennsylvania's foreclosure woes have left it in deep trouble. At least two entrepreneurs are cashing in.
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Why Have So Many Cities and Towns Given Away So Much Money to Bass Pro Shops and Cabela's?
The astonishing story of how the nation's two largest hunting and fishing specialty stores convinced small town America to pay for their expansions.
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Why New Orleans Should Have a Daily Newspaper
Who does the city's newspaper really belong to? Not the Newhouses.
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Does Neighborhood Rebranding Work?
Three international case studies illustrate the challenges of re-naming a place.
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How the New iPhone Will Expose Cities Lagging on Open Data
Once Apple releases its new mapping software, you'll only be able to find the bus if you live in a city with open data.
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Race, Class, and the Stigma of Riding the Bus in America
Can a city successfully gentrify its bus system? Does it want to?
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Debating the Local Food Movement
A new book argues that locavores are terrible for the environment, the economy and global food security.
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Why Can't We Just Convert Vacant Buildings Into Housing for the Homeless?
America's got plenty of vacant properties and a serious homelessness problem. But of course, it's not that simple.
