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Constructing Crises
Marla Nelson
- 23 February 2015
A new book by Kevin Fox Gotham and Miriam Greenberg foregrounds the disturbing parallels between two seemingly...
From the Field
Paying to Play in the Mission District
Naomi Adiv
- 16 February 2015
Naomi Adiv unpacks a viral video showing an argument between longtime San Francisco residents and “dot-commers” over...
From the Field
When Predator Becomes Prey: Rental Housing in Low-Income Minority Neighborhoods
Clément Théry
- 2 February 2015
In the growing low-income rental market, predator and prey roles can shift, as landlords and tenants alike can fall...
Debates
Interrupting Inequality: Crisis and Opportunity in Low-Income Housing Policy
Susan Saegert
- 26 January 2015
Inequality in the United States is deeply rooted in issues of property ownership, wealth, race and class....
Essays
Looking Backward into the Future of New York
Ted Steinberg
- 12 January 2015
Can the lesson of Hurricane Sandy dampen the enthusiasm of New York City’s growth machine? Ted Steinberg, author of...
Debates
The Age of the Renter
Tony Roshan Samara
- 5 January 2015
Not all Americans own their home. In fact, more and more of them rent it. More and more of them also end up paying a...
Essays
A Right to the Suburb? New Urbanism, Public Space, and the Law
Anthony Maniscalco
- 8 December 2014
The American suburb is changing. It is racially and economically diverse. Its sterile spaces are being redesigned for...
From the Field
Participatory Budgeting in New York City
Celina Su
- 1 December 2014
Over the last four years, participatory budgeting has spread from one to more than 45 cities in the US. Reporting...
From the Field
The Abattoir’s Call: At the Margins of New York City’s Foodie Movement
Richard E. Ocejo
- 17 November 2014
Food-conscious urban consumers often ask their butcher where their meat comes from. But how many wonder about the...
Debates
Finance as a New Terrain for Progressive Urban Politics
Desiree Fields
- 6 November 2014
Since the foreclosure crisis, inequalities have only deepened in the US, with most wealth accruing to the 1%. Desiree...
From the Field
Fighting for Retreat after Sandy: The Ocean Breeze Buyout Tent on Staten Island
Liz Koslov
- 23 April 2014
On October 29, 2012, Staten Island, a borough of New York City, was on the front line when Hurricane Sandy ravaged...
Reviews
The importance of the neighborhood in Chicago and elsewhere
Eliza Benites-Gambirazio
- 19 March 2014
The latest work by Robert Sampson, released to positive reviews, shows the sustainable effects of internal social...
Reviews
Social housing in New York
François Bonnet & translated by Oliver Waine
- 22 January 2014
Is high-rise public housing doomed to demolition? A book and article by historian Nicholas Dagen Bloom, focusing on...
From the Field
Pedestrians, cars and the city
Cédric Feriel & translated by Oliver Waine
- 29 May 2013
Pedestrianisation and the ability to get around the city on foot are key considerations in contemporary projects for...
Reviews
Urban Ethnography: A Handbook
Daniel Cefaï & translated by Oliver Waine
- 3 April 2013
Since the 1980s, the field of ethnography has enjoyed a return to favour in the social sciences. Richard E. Ocejo’s...
Reviews
The Paradoxes of Urban Authenticity
Andrea Mubi Brighenti
- 25 November 2010
Diversity is becoming a moot point as consumerism replaces authenticity. In this well written, engaging and...
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Series
Post-Covid Mobilities: A Greener World for Tomorrow?
Provincializing the “Real‑Estate Turn”
Horizons in the Housing Struggle
Black Power and Black Self-Determination in a New Time and New Spaces
Urban Wastes, Present and Future
New York Dossier: The Food Industry Faces the Covid‑19 Pandemic
Cities in the Age of Financialization
Contemporary Housing Struggles: Crises, Activism, and Critical Research
New York Tech Dossier: The Dark Side of New York’s Tech Economy
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From the Field
Covid-19 Transformed New York’s Destination Food Markets
Ivana Mellers
- 5 October 2021
Ivana Mellers analyzes how New York’s destination markets—key spaces of economic and social interactions—coped during...
From the Field
Moving Inside City Limits: The Urban Mobility of Undocumented Youth
Stephen P. Ruszczyk
- 4 June 2019
The urban context and public transportation shape how undocumented youths move within cities. In a comparison of New...
Reviews
Filming Ethnic Diversity in New York
Stéphane Tonnelat & translated by Christina Mitrakos
- 21 October 2016
Frederick Wiseman’s fortieth documentary film, In Jackson Heights (2015), returns to an urban theme explored in...
From the Field
Looking Inward, Across the Border
Harel Shapira
- 19 April 2016
In the constellation of anti-immigrant politics in the United States, groups like the Minutemen, civilians who patrol...
Essays
The Political Aesthetics of Drag
Shaka McGlotten
- 13 October 2015
Drag, or the diverse art form and culture of performance that typically plays with gender and sex, is an integral...
Debates
Disarm the Police
Gregory Smithsimon
- 29 September 2015
In the current political debates about discriminatory policing, there has been a lack of serious discussion of...
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For These Old Bus Stations, It’s Not the End of the Line
CityLab
The streamlined depots built by Greyhound in the middle of the 20th century reflected a more optimistic era for bus...
Municipal Socialism’s “YIMBY” Problem. The Housing Crisis and...
Spectre Journal
It’s Tuesday, November 4: Soon-to-be mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announces—after weeks of ducked questions—that he is...
Congestion Pricing’s Unexpected Winners: Suburban Drivers
CityLab
NYC’s controversial toll program hasn’t just sped up trips inside Manhattan, a new paper finds. It’s easing traffic...
DOT wants to prohibit free buses. That could be a problem for...
Politico
A proposal from the Trump administration would restrict federal funding for cities that don’t charge fares.
‘Exclusively for the elite’: why Mumbai’s new motorway is a symbol...
The Guardian
With 64% of the city’s residents relying on buses and trains so overloaded that up to 10 passengers die a day, anger...
In Somerset, I found glorious proof that the UK can build great...
The Guardian
It was life-affirming to meet the residents of Rainbow Way in Minehead. But so much still stands in the way of...
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