“Shaping Our Nation: How Surges of Migration Transformed America and Its Politics” by Michael Barone
Summary. Shaping Our Nation provides a great perspective on American society and the culture of urban America and its cities. The […]
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“American Urbanist: How William H. Whyte’s Unconventional Wisdom Reshaped Public Life” by Richard K. Rein
From Amazon… “On an otherwise normal weekday in the 1980s, commuters on busy Route 1 in central New Jersey noticed
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“Babbitt” by Sinclair Lewis
From CT.org… The New York Times recently reviewed Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis under the subtitle: “The Novelist Who Saw Middle
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“What Makes a Great City” by Alexander Garvin
FROM AMAZON… “What makes a great city? Not a good city or a functional city but a great city. A
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The biggest green hydrogen hub in the US could be coming soon to Mississippi
From CT.org: Hydrogen is an important part of America’s comprehensive energy program. The United States could see its biggest green
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Can Removing Highways Fix America’s Cities?
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Built in the 1950s to speed suburban commuters to and from downtown, Rochester’s Inner Loop destroyed hundreds
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Walmart Billionaire Marc Lore Is Planning a $500 Billion “City of the Future”
Called “Telosa,” the urban center could potentially house up to five million residents somewhere in the American Southwest While other
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Overlooked No More: Louise Blanchard Bethune, Who Changed the Face of Buffalo.
From the NY Times Louise Blanchard Bethune is widely considered to have been the first American woman to become a
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The Olmsted Conference
Landscape architect Laurie Olin talks about Frederick Law Olmsted, the founder of American landscape architecture, and his impact on the