The Dollar Store Backlash
The animated map in this article on the growth of dollar stores which shows their spread since 2018. The two biggest concentrations of these stores ...
Trump’s Baltimore Bashing Preys on White Evangelical Fear of the City
Since the 1860s, but particularly between 1970 and 1990, Americans have often viewed cities as depraved, dirty and dangerous places full of people who look ...
Despite A Retail Apocalypse, Target Is Thriving
Lord and Taylor, Aldo, Pier 1, Sur La Table. Other retailers are going bankrupt, but this week Target's stock price hit it's highest level ever. ...
How the Mutation of Main Street Is Reshaping Cities
It's interesting that this article is about building community around retail service and connection, while the Governing Magazine website does not allow for comments. It ...
Robert Moses Meets the Transit Station
We underfund transit, but when the money comes it seems to be in dollops. Here's an access ramp leading to the University light rail station ...
Humility and expertise, what a concept!
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-marines-high-leadership-positions-eat-last-carry-bolender-mfa/?trackingId=lmpgv9fiqne5pSgPG48hHA%3D%3D
“A Star Is Born” Replays in The Differing Fates of Two Seattle-Based Retailers
In Seattle yesterday, I walked through the flagship Nordstrom store downtown and drove past a new Amazon Fresh pickup location in Ballard, a neighborhood that ...
The Five Megaregions of the U.S.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/five-maps-reveal-new-truths-americas-megaregions-bruce-upbin/?trackingId=y8JgVfMJBiXcb2qhnQHZuA%3D%3D Having worked a lot in Sacramento, I was surprised at the weak links to San Jose.
Civil Society Retakes Modern Rome From the Vandals
In Rome, the Eternal City of chaos, citizens are creating a kind of reverse graffiti while cleaning up their city. An April 27 New York ...