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The keys to successful coworking spaces: A quick refresher on what coworking is: “the social gathering of a
Design your own office space: From an interview with Architect Magazine, I stated how the next generation
A plan to recruit businesses to your retail district: Managing a town center/main street of local, independent businesses can sometimes be
The four sizes of urban retail-entertainment districts: When people talk about a retail entertainment district they either have in
Magic Johnson presents ‘design-your-own’ lofts: There’s more interesting twists to this story than you may first think.
U.S. mayors following the European lead on bicycling: Inspired by the huge political, social and economic success of Paris’ bike
Krakow, Poland’s Old Town Square: If the town square is the stage, then there’s no bigger ‘ongoing
First beta community meets in New Orleans: A few weeks ago we profiled a group of young urban rebuilding
It doesn’t get more authentic than New Orleans: You hear the crazy post-Katrina talk about people who say New Orleans
It’s a bicyclist’s world once a month: Starting out 15 years ago on September 25, 1992 in San Francisco
Manhattan loses an intersection, gains a plaza: A year ago we profiled a neighborhood effort in Manhattan’s tony Meatpacking
The atrium lofts that helped transform a city: The development firm Urban Splash’s pioneering founder, Tom Bloxham was profiled in
Urban Splash – hard to imagine a cooler developer: The cities in northwest England, namely Liverpool and Manchester, weren’t transitioning very
The sounds of high urban quality of life: There’s endless research on what makes a city look good, but what
Innovation happens at the edge of chaos: In science, the ‘edge of chaos’ is the region between order and
How does your city stack up among ‘America’s Most Romantic’?: Some cities have that intangible quality that sets them apart. I think
A third place to spark community a small town: A few years ago 32-year old Melanie DiPasquale felt there was something
Stockholm, Sweden’s eco-city: There’s endless talk about building eco cities that don’t seem to meet
The first beta community meeting in Syracuse: What kind of space do artists and musicians want in the city
A vision becomes reality in Pasadena: Way back in November 2005 we published the projected vision of the
Crowdsourcing temporary third places on Park(ing) Day: What’s out: Protests demonstrating what you don’t want. What’s in: Crowdsourcing what
Lessons on how to spark an indie rock scene: Rule #1. It has little to do with intentionally creating a music
New film ‘Contested Streets’ a must-see: If you’re trying to convince city and business leaders in your city
Real estate investment of the future = Crowdfunding?: The current financial model for real estate investment is pretty depressing for
The happiest people in the world: …live in Copenhagen, Denmark, say the polls. Continuing our series of looking
Cities making efforts to promote people over cars: Succeeding generations really do want more pedestrian-oriented downtowns, and cities are starting
The quintessential internet city? Tallinn, Estonia: Where?!!! That’s probably a fairly common reaction. Located south of Finland and
One of the only authentic trendy stores you’ll find: First of all, authentic trendiness is practically an oxymoron, which is why
Celebrating the microbreweries: In continuing our previous story on the authentic value of microbreweries, thanks
