Cities
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Big Shoulders, Big Plans: Chicago Tackles Transit and Infrastructure
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A leading city planner assesses the new urbanist strides in Chicago.
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Metro Recovery in a Global Economy
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U.S. metros, the nation’s exporters, are driving economic recovery.
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The Green Space Chase: Property Values in Arid Climates
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Homebuyers are willing to pay a green premium, so long as they aren’t near public parks and golf courses.
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Rust Belt Revival: The New Mayor of Gary Talks Economic Development
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Taking the helm of the downtrodden city, Karen Freeman-Wilson has ambitious plans. And major hurdles.
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To Divert or Not To Divert: The Impact of TIFs on Chicago Public Schools
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TIFs don’t exactly steal money from Chicago schools. But schools would probably have more money without them.
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Has the Green Metropolis Sprouted?
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The New Yorker scribe details the environmental perks of cities—and why we have a long way to go to escape our manifest destiny of sprawl.
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Most Unequal, More Separate: How Income Segregation Skyrocketed In U.S. Cities
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A pair of researchers explain why our cities have been pulled apart and how we can mend them back together.
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Spacing Out: Geographic Boundary Setting by Drug Treatment Courts
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Should drug treatment courts subscribe to that age-old adage “out of sight, out of mind”?