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The Multilevel Metropolis
Places Journal
Urban skyways have radically altered the form and spatial logic of cities around the world, from Minneapolis to Calgary to Hong Kong.
Instrumental City: The View from Hudson Yards
Places Journal
The world’s most ambitious “smart city” project is here. Should we worry that New York City is becoming an experimental lab?
Library as Infrastructure
Places Journal
Reading room, social service center, innovation lab. How far can we stretch the public library?
Who’s Your Data?
Places Journal
A city is not a BMW. You can’t drive it without knowing how it works.
Demolition and Afterlife of Baltimore Memorial Stadium
Places Journal
The saga of Baltimore Memorial Stadium illuminates the relationship between civic building and collective memory.
Maintenance and Care
Places Journal
A working guide to the repair of rust, dust, cracks, and corrupted code in our cities, our homes, and our social relations.
Experimental Preservation
Places Journal
Experimental preservationists are challenging old assumptions about cultural heritage, spotlighting objects once considered ugly or unsavory, long excluded from official narratives.
Beyond Foreclosure
Places Journal
Can we transform suburban housing — make it responsive not to dated demographics and wishful economics but to the actual needs of a diverse and dynamic population?