Nate Berg
Nate Berg is a former contributing editor for Planetizen and a freelance journalist.
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Nate Berg is a former contributing editor for Planetizen and a freelance journalist. He has contributed to The New York Times, National Public Radio, Wired, Fast Company, Metropolis, Next American City, Dwell, the Christian Science Monitor, the Guardian, and Domus, among others. Nate studied print journalism and environmental planning at the University of Southern California. He lives in Los Angeles.
Proposed Gold Rush Street Updates Rile Preservationists
<p>A proposal to update the streetscape of a historic Gold Rush-era street in California has local preservationists on the defense.</p>
Not In My Front Yard
<p>Protesting a road-widening plan that would eat up some of their properties, residents in Halifax, Nova Scotia, recently moved furniture into their front yards to create outdoor living rooms in the space transportation planners have proposed to take.</p>
Open Season In The City
<p>Spreading urbanization is eating up green spaces, bringing wildlife -- and hunters -- into closer contact with urban dwellers.</p>
Desperate Times As Drought Diminishes Supplies
<p>The most severe drought in the last 100 years has states and municipalities scrambling to conserve what little water they have left.</p>
The Details On California's Great Park
<p>In this Q&A, <em>Metropolis Magazine</em> talks with landscape architect Mia Lehrer about her work on the 1,300 acre California park taking shape in Irvine.</p>