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Overpasses: A love story
"Today, we spend more than five times as many federal dollars on roads as we spend on public transit. We spend more building new road...
Why I'm Leaving London
The short version is that we want to live in a city that's a livable place to work, where we can raise our family, and where we can run...
Creative New York
The creative sector is one of New York City’s most important economic assets. But the city’s working artists, nonprofit arts groups and...
Preliminary Notes on Inequality and Urbanism
What does history tell us? Politically, I’d like to say that inequality is bad for urbanism. That’s far from obvious, however. Jane...
Thin and Broad Urban Connectedness
“Uber, the world’s largest taxi company, owns no vehicles. Facebook, the world’s most popular media owner, creates no content. Alibaba,...
Baltimore to Bronx: The Segregated Megalopolis
Today in Baltimore, half of the population of the city lives under the poverty line. Yet, both Bronx and Baltimore have won numerous...
Global Urban Futures at PrepCom 2
The New School received special accreditation to participate in the plenary meeting of the Second Preparatory Meeting to Habitat III...
Why do Cities Matter?
We study how growth of cities determines the growth of nations. Using a spatial equilibrium model and data on 220 US metropolitan areas...
Global Urban Futures: What We Do
We are a network of partners who are reshaping the global urban agenda by reframing the way urbanists think about the city. Global Urban...
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