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Churches adopt five blocks in Cleveland's Buckeye-Shaker neighborhood to rehabilitate homes

Kevin Barry

November 07, 2018 |

WEWS-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

The Cleveland-based Buckeye Ministry and Missions Alliance has “adopted” five city blocks clearing vacant lots and helping to rehabilitate homes. Their efforts have had a material impact on the appearance of the neighborhood as well as a psychological impact on its residents.

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Calgary's New Public Library Opens with Ambition and Style

Tim Querengesser

November 07, 2018 |

Bloomberg CityLab |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Canada, Calgary

In Calgary, the new Central Library does more than just provide a beautiful space in which to read books. It also provides a place to access technology and acts as a connection space between the more and less affluent areas surrounding it. Though the architecture and design are impressive, some might say the most lasting impact is that “ this space unambiguously welcomes anyone from either side of the tracks.”

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What If Hip Hop Can Make Architecture and Planning Better?

Audrey F. Henderson

November 06, 2018 |

Next City |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Madison, Wisconsin

Kids will be the ones carrying out the effects of current city planning efforts. To get kids involved in city planning at a young age, Michael Ford started a series of “Hip Hop Architecture Camps.” By teaching about building, development, and neighborhoods through the lens of hip hop music, young people could engage creatively and connect to the process. The camps now takes many forms and have spread internationally.

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How a city in China became the world's first to make all buses electric

Huang Benjun Jemilah Magnusson

November 06, 2018 |

Apolitical |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: China

China is a major contributor to the rising levels of CO2 emissions, but they are also one of the most active players in mediating their impact. Their new energy buses have not only drastically reduced gas consumption but are far more energy efficient.

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After decades of silence, L.A.'s Triforium becomes the 'pipe organ of light' its creator meant it to be — for three nights

Doug Smith

November 02, 2018 |

Los Angeles Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

In Los Angeles, three young creatives tried to bring a renewal to the public art building the Triforium, aiming to “signal the flickering of a new movement.” They were met with limited success, in the form of a grant that sustained their project for just three nights. Though the project was not sustainable, the young idealists jump-started a project in an area of town that many had forgotten. The progress they made may inspire others to pick up where they left off.

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E-rickshaws as antidote to air pollution: Hope for Bengaluru or pipe-dream?

Manasi Paresh Kumar

November 02, 2018 |

Citizen Matters |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: India, Bengaluru

In Bengaluru, switching from rickshaws to electric autos could help reduce noise pollution and greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 0.11 million tons each year. But the policies that encourage electric autos only exist, largely, on paper.

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100 Years After New York's Deadliest Subway Crash

Sam Roberts

November 01, 2018 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

A deadly subway crash in New York in 1918 killed an estimated 100 people and prompted major changes in public transportation because the crash was so preventable. Thanks to lessons from the tragedy, subways banned wooden cars and now have timed signals, headlights, speedometers and brakes that engage automatically if a driver runs a red light. It also prompted major changes in oversight and ownership of the transportation systems, moving away from profit-driven private ventures.

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A New York City Park Built to Weather a Storm

Karim Doumar

November 01, 2018 |

Pacific Standard |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Hunters Point South Park, a newly built park in Queens, NY, is functioning as a community space even before the addition of low- and middle- income housing slated for the area. But even more than that, the park has already proven that its storm resilient design is efficient and necessary.

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To Get Rid of Blight, Baltimore Tries Something New

David Kidd

November 01, 2018 |

Governing |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

As Baltimore's population has rapidly declined in the past few decades, outmigrants have left a trail of over 16,000 vacant homes. After decades of underwhelming initiatives, the city thinks it might have found a partial fix - the Vacants to Value program sells city-owned vacant homes to individuals or developers who then have a set period of time to rehab the property.

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ReCity. Durham, North Carolina

Richard Davies Jim Meigs

November 01, 2018 |

How Do We Fix It? |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Durham, North Carolina

In Durham, North Carolina, ReCity is bringing together various non-profit organizations, social activists, and mission-driven companies in a shared coworking space to meet, innovate, and collaborate with each other. This “WeWork for non-profits” encourages knowledge sharing (e.g., vetted technology vendors or other best practices) and mentorship among these groups, placing an emphasis on the benefits that come from sharing the same physical space, at a time when community groups are declining.

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