This Is the End
Jun 8 2010, 2:39 PM ETA final post on this blog -- and an introduction to a new project. More »
A final post on this blog -- and an introduction to a new project. More »
One last post about making the cheapest way to improve public transportation a viable solution. More »
A living legend of American journalism writes presciently on New Orleans and its flood control problems. More »
Throughout the Future of the Cities project the sidebar of this page has featured stories from The Atlantic archives. Here they are collected in one post. More »
A reader from Los Angeles visits Washington DC, and makes some keen observations about their similarities and differences. More »
Vinnie was a car salesman in the city of Alameda -- and it wasn't just a job, it was a calling. He is now unemployed, one among many in the auto industry who've lost their jobs in recent years. More »
A description of New York City literary culture circa 1906. The passage is from an old Atlantic piece that compared turn of the century NYC to Paris. More »
A short time lapse showing various sides of Los Angeles. More »
Longer reads related to urban affairs, metropolitan culture, and city life. More »
Personal safety is among the biggest reasons people avoid this form of transit. More »
This short film captures the lively culture in Spain's capital city. More »
In the passage below the fold, one of the most talented Washington DC journalists of her generation compares her city to Los Angeles. More »
Hint: it begins at 6pm Pacific Daylight Time, and Kobe Bryant is involved. More »
Guesses go in comments. I'll add the answer there later on this evening. More »
A second attempt to make the case against complicated bus systems. More »
The sheriff with the toughest rhetoric in America is a failure at reducing crime. More »
Rare color video footage of VJ Day as celebrated on the streets of Honolulu. More »
Musings from Tocqueville on the cities of Boston and Philadelphia. More »
Can you guess where the photograph below the fold was taken? More »
Buses are the cheapest way to improve public transportation in a city. I've been irrationally averse to them all my life. In a short series of posts I'll try to explain why. Part one is below the fold. More »
A passage from one of the best books ever written about Los Angeles. More »
A short film that casts a city as a semi-enclosed world. More »
The editor of City Journal, one of America's most successful journals of urban affairs, on his magazine, its history, and its future. More »
Richard Rabinowitz, the renowned historian and museum curator, has spent a lifetime reshaping how New Yorkers see the history of their city, arguably more so than any other individual. And his innovative approach to storytelling may one day transform a city near you. More »
Part 8: Richard Florida argues that Americans need to get over their obsession with real estate More in the series »
The rise of megaregions, the decline of home ownership, the shift away from a car culture - these are among the nation's responses to today's economic turmoil. Adapted from Richard Florida's new book, The Great Reset. More »
The future of train travel, with The Atlantic's Derek Thompson
