Lauren Joseph (Stony Brook): Finding Space Beyond Variables: An Analytical Review of Urban Space and Social Inequalities. Eric Gordon on his book The Urban Spectator: American Concept Cities from Kodak to Google. The first chapter from From the Ground Up: Translating Geography into Community through Neighbor Networks by Rick Grannis. The "Mega-Eights": An excerpt from The Leviathan Returns: The Rise of the Megacity and Its Threat to Global Security by PH Liotta and James Miskel. Introducing the Master Plan: A chronicle of New Urbanism and exurban decay. An interview with Christopher Carrick on regional inequality and life after Richard Florida. A review of American Moderns: Bohemian New York and the Creation of a New Century by Christine Stansell and Naked City: The Death and Life of Authentic Urban Places by Sharon Zukin (and more). Christian Madera on the future of cities in the Internet era. New library complexes rejuvenate urban centers around the world by including theaters, shops, cafes, offices and even gyms. A review of The Situationists and The City. A review of Planning Twentieth-Century Capital Cities by David LA Gordon. Define a "great" city: H.V. Savitch data-crunches and theorizes about the "greatest" American cities. The Metro Moment: The 21st century calls for overhauling the bloated networks of metropolitan governments; how to restore order to local chaos. A UN report on the world's biggest cities merging into mega-regions finds "endless cities" could significantly affect population and wealth in the next 50 years. An interview with Alex Lehnerer, author of Grand Urban Rules. Preachers of post-industrial revivalism say the future can be bright for dying manufacturing towns — too bad their formula for rebirth doesn’t work.
