The Housing Shortage and Gentrification Aren’t the Same Thing

Neighborhood gentrification and the U.S. housing shortage both raise prices, strain families, and reallocate wealth to the privileged. But the problems are distinct. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

The New MoMA Is Bigger, More Diverse, and More Open to the City

New York's Museum of Modern Art just reopened after a $450 million expansion and renovation. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

We Need to Dream Bigger Than Bike Lanes

In the 1930s big auto dreamed up freeways and demanded massive car infrastructure. Micromobility needs its own Futurama—one where cars are marginalized. | Continue reading


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U.S. Tech Inventors Are So Highly Clustered Because of Idea Spillover

When tech inventors move from a smaller to a larger geographic cluster, they generate more patents and have more impact, according to new research. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

A Few Ways to See Autumn Leaves Without a Car

Yes, to an extent. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

CityLab Daily: An Attempt to Resegregate Little Rock, of All Places

Also: Why the ‘World Series’ isn’t a misnomer, and the utopian vision that explains Renaissance fairs. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

The World Series Isn’t Global. But Baseball’s Talent Pool Is.

Roughly three in 10 MLB players hail from countries other than the U.S., the lion’s share from Central America and the Caribbean. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

Why New York City DAs Offer Art Class In Lieu of Court

Since a diversion program, Project Reset, started in Manhattan, district attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. says that prosecutions for low-level offenses have halved. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

To Hell With Everything: I’m Moving to a Renaissance Festival

These fanciful living-history encampments are about more than just medieval revelry. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

CityLab Daily: The 2020 Candidates Take on Redlining

Also: The planning czar who tried and failed to integrate the suburbs, and a horrifying glimpse into your future transit commute. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

The Planning Czar Who Tried, and Failed, to Integrate the Suburbs

Even planning czar Ed Logue couldn't defeat the fierce opposition to 900 units of low-income housing in Westchester County. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

A Horrifying Glimpse Into Your Dystopian Future Transit Commute

A comic artist’s take on what the future of transportation really feels like. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

San Francisco’s Busiest Street Is Going Car-Free

A just-approved plan will redesign Market Street to favor bikes, pedestrians, and public transit. But the vote to ban private cars didn’t happen overnight. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

What the Future of Affordable Housing Already Looks Like

In an exhibit at the Center for Architecture, architects from across Europe address a crucial civic issue: public housing. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

Navigator: Capturing the Fall Moment

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@citylab.com | 5 years ago

Will Presidential Candidates’ Plans to Address Redlining Work?

A Brookings Institution report states that presidential candidates' plans to address the effects of redlining won't work. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

CityLab Daily: Imagining New York Without WeWork

Also: When climate activists target public transit, and why asking for bike lanes isn’t smart. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

When Resilience Starts With the City’s Most Vulnerable Youth

A violence-prevention initiative in Tallahassee is also training young people for jobs in community resilience. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

Why Do Micromobility Advocates Have Tiny-Demand Syndrome?

In the 1930s big auto dreamed up freeways and demanded massive car infrastructure. Micromobility needs its own Futurama—one where cars are marginalized. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

A Climate Change Protest That Went Too Far?

The climate protest movement Extinction Rebellion is facing a backlash after disrupting commuters on the London Underground. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

CityLab Daily: San Francisco’s Busiest Street is Going Car-Free

Also: What WeWork’s demise could do to New York City real estate, and the socialists taking aim at city council. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

The Great Crime Decline Is Over in Some Chicago Neighborhoods

Chicago’s most dangerous neighborhoods saw a crime decline, but recently, their violent crime rates have rebounded while other areas continue to improve. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

Charlotte Perriand Emerges From Modernism’s Shadows

Long overshadowed by Le Corbusier and other famous men, the avant-garde French designer and architect gets her due with a major retrospective in Paris. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

San Francisco’s Busiest Street Is Going Car-Free

A just-approved plan will redesign Market Street to favor bikes, pedestrians, and public transit. But the vote to ban private cars didn’t happen overnight. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

Why Do Instagram Playgrounds Keep Calling Themselves Museums?

The bustling industry of immersive, Instagram-friendly experiences has put a new spin on the word museum. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

What WeWork’s Demise Could Do to NYC Real Estate

The troubled coworking company is the largest office tenant in New York City. What happens if it goes under? | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

How the Fall of WeWork Could Shake-up Manhattan Real Estate

The troubled coworking company is the largest office tenant in New York City. What happens if it goes under? | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

CityLab Daily: The Race to Replace Mayor Pete

Also: Here come the remote-controlled scooter-bots, and designing the floating future of cities. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

It’s a Funhouse for Selfies. Is It Really a Museum?

The bustling industry of immersive, Instagram-friendly experiences has put a new spin on the word museum. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

Charles Jencks and the Architecture of Compassion

Charles Jencks, who died this week, founded a chain of support centers that were designed by famous architects for people living with cancer. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

One Way to Keep the Sidewalk Clear: Remote-Controlled Scooter-Bots

A new mobility technology company called Tortoise promises to address a frequent complaint about dockless e-scooters. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

The Race to Become the Next Mayor Pete

Pete Buttigieg's former chief of staff, James Mueller, is vying with a Republican challenger to be the next mayor of South Bend, Indiana. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

One Way to Keep the Sidewalk Clear: Remote-Controlled Scooter-Bots

A new mobility technology company called Tortoise promises to address a frequent complaint about dockless e-scooters. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

CityLab Daily: The New Geography of American Immigration

Also: Where the presidential candidates’ public housing plans go wrong, and the millennial urban lifestyle is about to get more expensive. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

What’s Behind the Barcelona Protests?

The sentencing of independence movement leaders triggered a day of demonstrations in the capital of Catalonia—and more unrest may be coming. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

The New Geography of American Immigration

Based on a demographic analysis, recent immigrants are just as likely to hail from Asia as Latin America; tend to be highly educated; and are moving to Trump-voting areas. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

This Is How to Make Democratic Candidates’ Housing Plans a Reality

After years of investment in creating affordable housing, the U.S. still doesn’t have adequate supply. Presidential candidates’ plans must address reasons why. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

What Uber Did

The ride-hailing juggernaut changed transportation in cities before they even knew what was happening. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

Cities Tackle the Affordable Housing Crisis

Local officials from across the U.S. are gathering to discuss ways to address the affordable housing crisis but, they say the federal government must do more. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

CityLab Daily: The Nation's First Confederate Capital Elects a Black Mayor

Also: Why the bus got so bad, and how the federal government should tackle the housing crisis. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

Why More Places Are Celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Not Columbus Day

The official celebration of Native Americans represents the fruits of a decades-long effort that’s playing out in city halls and statehouses. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

A Micromobility Experiment in Pittsburgh Aims to Get People Out of Their Cars

The city's first-of-its-kind micromobility collective will create all-in-one mobility hubs near transit stops. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

This Conservative City Built a $132 Million Park Using One Weird Trick

The new 36-acre park has a concert stage, a pond, a café, walking and biking trails, and more. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

How Cities Address the Housing Crisis, and Why It’s Not Enough

Local officials from across the U.S. are gathering to discuss ways to address the affordable housing crisis but, they say the federal government must do more. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

Technology Sabotaged Public Safety

The tech industry has improved people’s individual, private lives. But it has not necessarily benefited their communal ones. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

Carbon Emissions Are Already Falling in 30 Major Cities

As mayors gather for C40’s summit on climate change, the coalition reports that emission in a third of its members have been steadily falling. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

The First Black Mayor of Montgomery, the Cradle of the Confederacy

Can Steven Reed, the first black mayor in Montgomery, Alabama, reconcile the city's civil rights legacy and racial justice needs with its Confederate past? | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

How the Bus Got Left Behind

TransitCenter’s Steven Higadishe talks about his new book, "Better Buses, Better Cities." | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago