City Makers: American Futures
The people, organizations, and ideas reshaping the country. A journey piloted by James Fallows with Deborah Fallows.
Pittsburgh, PA
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All Progress Is Local: New Year’s Notes From Around the Country
This is the first of three posts on this New Year’s Day, building toward a change in (my part of…
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Renee Rosensteel Language as Art in Pittsburgh
Exiled writers use words as art and inspire a community.
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Wikimedia How to Create a Tech Startup Scene If You're Not in Silicon Valley
Pittsburgh's success provides important and surprising clues.
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Tom Nguyen How the Arts Drove Pittsburgh's Revitalization
The role of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, founded by a wealthy band of visionaries 30 years ago, is central—but hard to replicate.
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BikePGH How Political Leadership Makes City Streets Bikeable
Pittsburgh's Mayor Bill Peduto shows what political will and determination can do.
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John Tierney What Millennials Love About Pittsburgh
'Land of Opportunity' has real meaning here.
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Riverlife How Green Riverfronts Transformed Pittsburgh
The City of Bridges revives the rivers that helped make it an economic powerhouse.
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All photos Deborah Fallows America's Tiniest Innovators: Report from Pittsburgh
Teaching technology and life lessons in an urban elementary school
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John Tierney The Story of Moop: How an Unlikely Company Came to Be
A Pittsburgh woman managed to build a successful bag company from a failed effort to make a dress.
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Hannah Ryaven The iPhone Case That Can Call the Police
A startup in Pittsburgh has designed a smartphone case and app to deter assault and help catch the attackers.
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Thread The Company That Turns Plastic Bottles Into Fabric—and Jobs
A startup in Pittsburgh shows what a social enterprise is capable of.
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Renee Rosensteel Pittsburgh's City of Asylum
In the City of Bridges, an eclectic community embraces writers in exile.
