CityLab Daily: The Truth About the Urban-Rural Divide

Also: How Boston got its “T,” and remembering the “mother of all pandemics.” | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 6 years ago

Hurricane Florence Turned Roads Into Rivers

Photos of the historic flooding from Hurricane Florence. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 6 years ago

The Divides Within, and Between, Urban and Rural America

Some parts of rural America are thriving, even as others decline; some parts of urban America are losing population as others make a comeback. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 6 years ago

The Designers Behind Boston's Iconic Transit Visuals

Fifty years ago, designers Peter Chermayeff and Tom Geismar gave the MBTA a memorable makeover. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 6 years ago

Remembering the ‘Mother of All Pandemics,’ 100 Years Later

One of the most overlooked medical events in history has important lessons for cities today. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 6 years ago

The Polarizing Mayor Who Embodied ‘Blue-Collar Conservatism’

As mayor from 1972 to 1980, Rizzo appealed to “law and order” and white working-class identity—a sign of politics to come. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 6 years ago

What Worker Wouldn’t Move to Scandinavia in America?

Chasing an HQ2 is a dying model. As the nature of working changes, U.S. cities that provide the support that companies once did, will prosper. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 6 years ago

What Brazil Really Lost in the Fire

The fire was part of a larger campaign of disinvestment aimed at Brazil's history and culture. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 6 years ago

How Boston Got Its ‘T’

Fifty years ago, designers Peter Chermayeff and Tom Geismar gave the MBTA a memorable makeover. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 6 years ago

Can Banning Privatization Keep Water Cheap, Safe, and Flowing?

Baltimore voters are deciding whether to ban privatization of the water utility. But without the infusion of private investment, can cities continue to afford providing safe, inexpensive water? | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 6 years ago

CityLab Daily: Take a Trip to ‘Nostalgiaville’

Also: Doug Ford blows up Toronto’s city council, and another threat to Carolina’s lowcountry. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 6 years ago

In Toronto, The Fords Strike Back

It didn’t take long at all for the newly-elected Ontario premier to plunge Canada’s largest city into a political and constitutional crisis. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 6 years ago

Mapping Skopje’s Modernism

An earthquake hit Skopje in July 1963, killing over 1,000 people and leaving 200,000 homeless. The inventive, vernacular-influenced designs behind the rebuild are worth celebrating. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 6 years ago

What Worker Wouldn’t Move to Scandinavia in America?

Chasing an HQ2 is a dying model. As the nature of working changes, U.S. cities that provide the support that companies once did, will prosper. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 6 years ago

Why a ‘Memory Town’ Is Coming to Your Local Strip Mall

Weeks after opening, a model town for treating dementia is set to be replicated around the U.S. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 6 years ago

Hurricane Florence Threatens Property Ties in Carolina’s Lowcountry

Thousands of acres of the flooded Carolinas are heir’s property, a form of land ownership that leaves residents vulnerable to speculators. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 6 years ago

Photographing America’s Toxic Wastelands

David Hanson’s work from the 1980s shows industrial damage to the American landscape that may never heal. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 6 years ago

CityLab Daily: Why Do NIMBYs Hate Developers So Much?

Also: Hurricane Florence fueled a pop-up micro-economy, and the bodega signmakers of New York. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 6 years ago

A Bug’s Death

For millions of young people, the VW was a ticket to selfhood. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 6 years ago

Jeff Bezos Talks Everything But HQ2

At a high-profile dinner in Washington, Bezos averted questions about HQ2 and politics to focus on his investments in homelessness and preschool. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 6 years ago

Cycling Is Key to Safer, Healthier, More Vital Cities

In their new book Building the Cycling City: The Dutch Blueprint for Urban Vitality, Melissa and Chris Bruntlett use the example of the Netherlands to show how a cycling culture promotes community building and health.. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 6 years ago

NIMBYs Sure Hate Developers. But Why?

A new study explores the real motivations behind the "evil developer" narrative. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 6 years ago

The Bodega Signmakers of New York

In order to get a better sense of how these curbside canvases come to be, CityLab talked with some of the men who make them. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 6 years ago

Cycling is Key to Safer, Healthier, More Vital Cities

In their new book Building the Cycling City: The Dutch Blueprint for Urban Vitality, Melissa and Chris Bruntlett use the example of the Netherlands to show how a cycling culture promotes community building and health.. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 6 years ago

Dublin’s Housing Crisis Reaches a Boiling Point

When activists occupied a long-vacant building, the police response seemed to confirm suspicion that the state is siding with landlords. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 6 years ago

Nuclear Power Plants Brace for Hurricane Florence

Storm surges up to 13 feet and heavy rains will test two facilities that had problems in the past. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 6 years ago

Need a Lift? Hit the Hurricane Florence Ride Board

Ahead of the storm, a micro-economy of transportation, shelter, and services unfurls. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 6 years ago

CityLab Daily: Why Won’t Ben Carson Confront Discrimination?

Also: Mapping the unequal burden of Hurricane Florence, and the trouble with TIF. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 6 years ago

Why Won’t Ben Carson Confront Discrimination?

HUD Secretary Ben Carson announced that he would be launching a “landlord engagement listening tour” later this month, but discrimination by many landlords can already be heard quite loudly. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 6 years ago

Want Greener Streets? Make Room for Bikes and Trees

Put them together and you can have spaces that are safer and more pleasant for everyone. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 6 years ago

What Will It Take to Make Buildings Carbon Neutral?

Last month, 19 cities signed a declaration to make all new buildings carbon neutral by 2030. Now what? | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 6 years ago

MapLab: To Track a Hurricane

A biweekly tour of the ever-expanding cartographic landscape. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 6 years ago

The Potential Impacts of Florence, Mapped

The path of the powerful hurricane is only one way to understand the scope of its potential impact. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 6 years ago

The Trouble With TIF

Cities love this funding tool. Maybe they shouldn't. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 6 years ago

CityLab Daily: Rural Carolinas Brace for Impact

Also: California’s new clean-energy commitment, and how local food tests political candidates. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 6 years ago

Don’t Overlook Equity Issues in City Climate-Action Plans

Cities that fail to make issues of equity and empowerment central to climate-action initiatives are not living up to the values of the movement, says a former mayor of Portland, Oregon. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 6 years ago

As Hurricane Florence Approaches, the Rural Carolinas Brace For Impact

Poverty, lack of transportation, and poor internet service in the rural Carolinas could complicate emergency response for a region that's still reeling from Hurricane Matthew in 2016. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 6 years ago

France’s High-Speed Rail Expansion Takes a New Direction

A major new investment makes clear: It’s not all about Paris anymore. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 6 years ago

Why Do Politicians Always Stumble Over Local Food?

Cynthia Nixon ordered a bagel and fell into an old trap. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 6 years ago

CityLab Daily: Better Public Transit Means Fewer Traffic Deaths

Also: The power of “social infrastructure,” and a daring experiment in digital democracy. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 6 years ago

Is This Experiment in Digital Democracy Too Crazy to Work?

A startup called Voatz wants to devise a more secure way to vote over the internet. Not everyone is convinced it’s a good idea. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 6 years ago

How ‘Social Infrastructure’ Can Knit America Together

Eric Klinenberg, author of 'Palaces for the People,' talks about how schools, libraries, and other institutions can restore a sense of common purpose in America. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 6 years ago

Dangerous Streets? Take the Bus

Metros with more public transit usage are safer, for both passengers and pedestrians. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 6 years ago

Homeless, but Part of Society in Montreal

Montreal has a multi-million dollar plan to address homelessness. At the center is social inclusion. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 6 years ago

CityLab Daily: The Limits of City Power

Also: Yelp reviews can track gentrification, and the architects who made Miami “magic.” | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 6 years ago

Cities Have Their Limits

There's a problem with urging urban leaders to go it alone. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 6 years ago

The Architects Who Made Miami ‘Magic’

Founded 40 years ago, Arquitectonica perfectly expressed the magical-realist sensibility of Miami—and made it known the world over. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 6 years ago

The App That Pays You to Find a Smarter Commute

Old habits die hard, but researchers think with the right incentives, those who drive will get into the habit of taking public transit instead. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 6 years ago