
Posts tagged with "Arts_and_culture"
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Charter Schools and Eating Locally
This week on Smart City: Both Barack Obama and John McCain embrace the idea of…
October 30, 2008
Tall Buildings and Public Spaces
This week on Smart City: Public space is important in both cities and in buildings.…
November 6, 2008
Richard Florida and Meg Cheever
This week on Smart City Richard Florida is our guest. He predicted the rise of…
August 21, 2008
Ed Glaeser and Randy Gragg
This week on Smart City we'll examine cities in history and how their past shapes…
August 28, 2008
Matt Harding, Daniel Iacofano and Susan Goltsman
Today on Smart City we're talking about inclusiveness. Our guests today have found very different…
July 31, 2008
Innovative Entprepreneurs
How do you reinvigorate the economy of a rust belt city? Our guests on this…
May 6, 2009
Createhere and SparkCon
Today on Smart City we're talking with people who have discovered new ways of attracting…
August 7, 2008
Using the Internet to Explore Your City
This week on Smart City we're talking with people who use the internet to help…
October 23, 2008
Language, Race, and Taxis
Barack Obama's candidacy has raised a host of issues surrounding race in America. To help…
October 9, 2008
Chris Anderson and Karen Gagnon
This week on Smart City, we're talking innovation with two inspired thinkers. First we'll speak…
October 2, 2008
TeachNOLA and SPUR
This week on Smart City: two different cities, two unique challenges. We'll speak with Ana…
September 24, 2008
John Lewis and Liesl Wendt
How do you find out what people want for their city? Sometimes, you just ask…
September 18, 2008
Alan Ehrenhalt and Harry Boyte
There is a demographic inversion taking place in America, according to Alan Ehrenhalt, and he'll…
September 4, 2008
Christmas in the City
This week on the show, we're kick starting the holiday season with a program about…
December 3, 2008
The City In 2050
This week on Smart City we're looking ahead for a view of the city in…
April 24, 2009
The Trouble with Black Boys
This week on Smart City, we explore the stubborn link between race and poverty in…
April 30, 2009
Connecting a City Through Greenways
How do you create green space in one of the most industrial states in the…
April 16, 2009
Investing in the Future
The economic crisis has left many not-for-profit organizations in a financial pinch. But a new…
April 8, 2009
Elsewhere U.S.A.
Technology has given birth to a new place, according to Dalton Conley, author of the…
April 1, 2009
Century of the City
A century ago, only one in 10 people lived in an urban environment. 100 years…
March 26, 2009
Reinventing Stamford
With the economy in crisis many cities are scrambling for solutions to their financial woes. …
March 19, 2009
Building Main Street and Law Enforcement
This week on Smart City, we're digging into the issue of urban crime with our…
March 5, 2009
The Urban Advantage and Reforming the Reforms
This week on Smart City we're joining the "Urban Revolution" with our guest Jeb Brugmann. …
February 26, 2009
Resilient Cities and Real Urbanism
This Week on Smart CityWe'll speak with two people with grand ideas for the future…
February 18, 2009
Shrinking Cleveland and The Garden Club
Why does one city succeed while another very similar city is left behind? This week…
February 5, 2009
Preserving New York and Accelerating Cape Town
New York City and Cape Town South Africa are two cities with two very different…
January 29, 2009
The City Dividends
Change is in the air and we've got the numbers to prove it on today's…
January 23, 2009
America's Transportation Strategy: Is There One?
Does America have a transportation strategy? We'll speak with David Goldberg of the group Transportation…
January 15, 2009
Infrastructure and The Economic Stimulus Package
President-elect Barack Obama has begun discussing the details of his economic stimulus plan. This week…
January 8, 2009
I Heart NY and DIYCity
This week on Smart City, we're kicking off 2009 with a slice of history and…
January 1, 2009
Going Green and Going Online
How do you preserve a magnificent national landscape by promoting city living? That's the mission…
December 11, 2008
Christmas in the City
This week on the show, we're kick starting the holiday season with a program about…
December 3, 2008
Greener, Smarter and Healthier Cities
This week on Smart City our guests have advice on how you can make your…
November 27, 2008
Buzz and ArtPrize
This week on Smart City: arts, culture and buzz. Does your city have it? How…
May 20, 2009
Springboard Forward
This week on the show: B-cycle is the latest bike sharing project to hit the…
June 17, 2009
Turning the Tide and the Cycling Revolution
This week on Smart city we're heading outside to explore thegreenways and bike lanes of…
June 3, 2009
World Changing and More Than Race
This week on Smart City we have two authors who are re-imagining some persistent but…
June 10, 2009
School's Out for Summer
Research has shown that effective teachers are the key to student success. Yet our school…
July 1, 2009
Family Culture and Creative Ecologies
What's the right habitat for for nurturing and hatching new ideas? John Howkins has spent…
July 8, 2009
The Future of Cities
The next generation of social entrepreneurs has arrived. Echoing Green is a global nonprofit organization…
July 15, 2009
Leading for Learning
This week on Smart City, Philip Schlechty of the Schlechty Center joins us to talk…
July 22, 2009
Creative Tourism
This week on Smart City, we're talking about different ways of seeing a city. First…
July 29, 2009
Walking the Walk
This week on the show we'll have a conversation with our favorite economist:Joe Cortright of…
August 6, 2009
All for Good
As that old Captain and Tenille song says "Love Will Keep Us Together" but today…
September 2, 2009
$20 Per Gallon
If you think gas is expensive at the peak of summer driving season, try to…
August 19, 2009
Sustainable Communities
The City of Chicago is celebrating 100 years of Daniel Burnham. Ever the local hero,…
September 9, 2009
Brick City
Today on Smart City we'll talk to the executive producers of the Sundance channel series…
September 17, 2009
Battling Climate Change
This week on the show we're tackling climate change on two fronts. First we'll speak…
October 7, 2009
Detroit and Mumbai
Detroit is in the news again with Time Magazine launching a bureau of sorts from…
October 14, 2009
Randy Gragg and Ed Glaeser
This week on Smart City we'll examine cities in history and how their past shapes…
November 5, 2009
Issue Nine
In Cincinnati, a clumsily written ballot measure would effectively strangle any rail project in the…
October 28, 2009
Createhere and SparkCon
First we'll speak with Helen Johnson and Josh McManus. They lead a group called CreateHere,…
November 10, 2009
Createhere and SparkCon
Today on Smart City we're talking with people who have discovered new ways of attracting…
November 10, 2009
SUNY and Lurie Garden
Today we're talking to the creator of one of my favorite places. Katherine Gustafson is…
November 20, 2009
Fixing Cities
Today we'll talk to two people who are working to fix problems in cities. The…
November 29, 2009
Urban Gardening and PSU
Portland State University is in the heart of downtown Portland, Oregon. It flanks the city's…
December 2, 2009
Get Off the Couch
Pittsburgh is the nation's surprising comeback city. From its industrial past, Pittsburgh has become a…
December 9, 2009
Designing Big Ideas
Today we're talking about big ideas and big change. First we'll talk with Tim Brown,…
December 17, 2009
Christmas in the City 2009
Today on the show we're kick starting the holiday season with a program about celebrating…
December 22, 2009
Volunteers and Design
Ten years ago, two undergrads from Yale noticed the fundamental gap between their university and…
December 30, 2009

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