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BRT PDQ in DF

Atlantic correspondent Cristine Russell takes a look at Mexico City's quickly-implemented bus rapid transit system.
20 November 2009 - 8:00am
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The Legacy of Brasilia

The Atlantic Monthly reviews a new book on architect Oscar Niemeyer and his work that- like the infamous city of Brasilia- "continues to enchant and appall students of architecture and urban planning."
15 June 2008 - 7:00am
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Chain Stores Aren't A Bad Thing For Cities

Urbanists lament the cookie-cutter retail landscape, but the fact remains that national chains provide the types of goods and services that consumers want.
30 November 2006 - 6:00am
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The Ultimate Walled City: The Green Zone

A feature length article explores life in The Green Zone -- the four-square mile, heavily secured "American bubble in Baghdad."
5 October 2004 - 12:00pm
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The World's Biggest Migration Study

A new United Nations commission is formed to examine the remarkably complex issue of migration worldwide.
21 May 2004 - 5:00am
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The End Of The Suburban Mall

We restore many public structures -- post offices, hotels, libraries, even churches. But most malls are too ugly to warrant such effort.
17 May 2004 - 5:00am
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Terror Response as a Routine Public Service

Israel has developed a practical and dispassionate approach to cleaning up after terror bombings.
16 February 2004 - 1:00pm
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Words From A Powerbroker Planner -- From 1962

Relive planning history in Robert Moses' attack on Lewis Mumford from January, 1962 in The Atlantic Monthly.
28 November 2003 - 5:00am
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How Environmentalism Must Change

Genetic engineering of foods is poised to feed humanity. Except that the environmentalists won't let it.
25 September 2003 - 5:00am
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The Surprising Truth About Pre-Columbus North America

A growing number of anthropologists now believe that North American prior to Columbus' arrival was dotted with impressive cities and towns.
23 June 2003 - 5:00am
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The Myth Of The American Heartland

Most of that land in the US is not where the people are, or are headed. Cities on the coasts are overcrowded; rural heartland communities are dying.
20 January 2003 - 10:00am
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In Defense Of The Forests

Former Atlantic Monthly columnist John Muir would have had a few choice words for President Bush's loosening of commercial restrictions in America's national forests.
22 December 2002 - 3:00am
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Can School Vouchers Improve Neighborhoods?

Perhaps school vouchers don't improve schools. However, they do improve neighborhoods, writes Jonathan Rauch.
1 October 2002 - 5:00am
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Do Architecture Competitions Work?

Witold Rybczynski writes in The Atlantic Monthly that public architecture competitions don't always produce the best buildings.
19 August 2002 - 5:00am
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Debate Rages Over America's Largest Mall

Readers debate a recent Atlantic Monthly article on The Mall of America. Is the scale of development troubling?
11 July 2002 - 1:00pm
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The Eternal City

Peter Davison reviews a book that reveals Rome as the Romans know it -- as the eternal city.
27 June 2002 - 12:00pm
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Deconstructing The World Trade Center

An Atlantic Monthly writer was the only journalist to have unrestricted access to the clean-up effort, and details the story.
25 June 2002 - 9:00am
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The Science And Art Of Artificial Societies

Creating artificial societies requires a lot of math and high-powered computing, but yields some interesting results.
21 March 2002 - 10:00am
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Flashback: Are Cities Dead?

Atlantic Monthly flashes back to January, 1962, with an essay by Robert Moses on what was wrong (and right) with America's cities.
9 January 2002 - 8:00am
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Has Suburbia Corrupted America?

Has America's affluence and comfort -- personified by the suburban dream -- left the country too weak to fight a war?
8 January 2002 - 6:00am
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