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Writing the City
Double Down on Density
by Vishaan Chakrabarti • January 31st, 2010
Vishaan Chakrabarti responds to President Obama’s State of the Union Address and considers how heightened investment in the Infrastructure of Tomorrow could be our silver bullet.
Writing the City
The Public Works
by Nancy Levinson • January 27th, 2010
Nancy Levinson reviews some provocative positions on infrastructure and challenges designers to recast the relationship between individual initiative and political community.
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Being Dense about Denmark
by Vishaan Chakrabarti • December 16th, 2009
Vishaan Chakrabarti imagines a city-focused national strategy to make our country healthy, prosperous and green, in response to the 2009 Copenhagen climate change talks.
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Forum • Roundup
The Omnibus Roundup – airport writers, S.I. trek, light rail, city stimulus & the Yankee facade
by Urban Omnibus • September 4th, 2009
It’s been a busy week packing, moving and unpacking. And as much as we’ll miss our special Brooklyn canal and...
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Forum • Roundup
The Omnibus Roundup – photos of nowhere, bike share, transit info tech
by Urban Omnibus • August 13th, 2009
Wait, the site in the image above couldn’t be in Manhattan, could it? It is, in fact. It’s one of...
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Forum • Writing the City
A Country of Cities
by Vishaan Chakrabarti • July 2nd, 2009
Coldplay may be wrong - just because we're losing may in fact mean that we're lost. We are at a crossroads as a nation, and currently, despite all the hope generated by President Obama, we're not yet on the right path. At the Federal level, one has to wonder if there is an Asphalt Lobby, because if there is, they must be partying like it's...
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Imagining Recovery
by Urban Omnibus • May 13th, 2009
Architecture students Wayne Congar and Troy Therrien share the back story of the design competition they organized to invite new visions of post-financial crisis America.
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