Topic: Blight
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Photos
How the Highway Killed Washington's Waterfront
And how the city plans to bring it back to life.
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Relationship Killer of the Day: Neutralizing Germany's 'Love' Padlocks
A group of urban hackers spent a day in Bamberg destroying people's public expressions of everlasting love.
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Year in Review
The Best Open Data Releases of 2012
Our annual look at the extensive information now available from city governments, and the tools people are building with it.
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Beijing Tries to 'Rectify' Jaywalkers: This Week in Bans
Also, Albuquerque is left vulnerable after outlawing barbed wire and a British ice cream-truck driver who rocked too hard is shut down.
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Videos
Can a Paint Job Change a Neighborhood's Future?
Philly Painting mobilizes the community to bring a new look to a blighted neighborhood.
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Charts
Tracking Blight in America's Hardest-Hit Cities
Where property abandonment is growing and declining.
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Photos
Weirdest Idea to Save Detroit Yet: Zombies
"People just want to live for a day in a zombie apocalypse," explains Mark Siwak, the braaaaains behind Z World Detroit.
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Photos
Landscape Absurdism: An Urban Prairie in St. Louis
What happens to a neighborhood when demolition becomes the official urban policy
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Baby Steps for Baltimore's Vacant Housing Plan
Program tries to streamline purchase of thousands of vacant properties
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Who's Buying Foreclosed Homes and Why It's a Problem
Program aimed at stabilizing neighborhoods adds to problem of vacant homes
