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Amazon HQ2
Without Amazon HQ2, What Happens to Housing in Queens?
CityLab - Kriston Capps
The arrival of the tech company’s new headquarters was set to shake up the borough’s real estate market, driving up rents and spurring displacement. Now what? After Amazon named Queens one of the winners
Loans
Subprime Auto Loans Are Turning Car Ownership Into a Trap
CityLab - Laura Bliss
A record 7 million Americans are three months late on their car payments, revealing what could be cracks in the U.S. economy. To live and work in much of the U.S., access to a car is virtually a requirement.
Transit
CityLab Daily: The Wall’s Eminent Domain Problem
CityLab - Andrew Small
Also: Unpacking New York’s ejection of Amazon, and a short history of Germany’s beloved Schwebebahn. Keep up with the most pressing, interesting, and important city stories of the day. Sign up for the
The Town Where Retirees Can’t Retire
CityLab - Joe Eaton
In fast-aging pockets of rural America, older residents are going back to work. But not always because they need the money. At 86, Bob Bastion would be forgiven for sleeping in on the recent subzero mornings
Transit
With Trains Like Schwebebahn, No Wonder Germans Love Public Transit
CityLab - Benjamin Schneider
Infrastructure like this makes it clear why Germany continues to produce enthusiasm for public transit, generation after generation. My first view of the Schwebebahn was from my living room as a 10-year-old
U.S.-Mexico border
Lawmakers Aim to Protect Private Landowners on U.S.-Mexico Border
CityLab - Tanvi Misra
Members of Congress hope to pass laws to help border-adjacent property owners who may be displaced through eminent domain if Trump’s border wall plans proceed. On Friday, a day after Congress passed its
Detroit, MI
Capturing Black Bottom, a Detroit Neighborhood Lost to Urban Renewal
CityLab - Amy Crawford
“Black Bottom Street View,” now exhibiting at the Detroit Public Library, thoughtfully displays old images of the historic African American neighborhood in its final days. In the late summer of 1949, little
Are Reparations Baltimore’s Fix for Redlining, Investment Deprivation?
CityLab - Brentin Mock
The solutions to Baltimore’s inequitable financing problems must be as radical as the policies that segregated the city in the first place, says Lawrence Brown. On December 19, 1910, the city of Baltimore
A Valentine’s Day Tradition, Born in the Heart of Boston
CityLab - Sarah Holder
In the 1800s, candy helped make Boston an industrial powerhouse. Candy hearts have been a lasting legacy of that era, though their future is less certain. In anticipation of Valentine’s Day this year,
New York City
Amazon's Departure from New York City Is a PR Fiasco - CityLab
CityLab
Perspective Amazon’s HQ2 Fiasco Will Cost the Company More Than It Costs New York The mega-company has bucked dealing reasonably with New York City, Seattle, and any community that asks them to pay for
New York State
New York’s Ejection of Amazon Is the Start of a Movement
CityLab - Sarah Holder
NYC lawmakers who led a resistance campaign against HQ2 are declaring victory. And already, they have plans to escalate their opposition to tax incentives. Amazon has pulled out of plans to build an office
New York State
CityLab Daily: Amazon Pulls HQ2 From New York City
CityLab - Andrew Small
Also: The cities with the most singles, and the opioid crisis’s rural-urban divide. What We’re Following Cancel order: Breaking things off on Valentine’s Day is a move. Amazon just announced that it will
Los Angeles, CA
Where California High-Speed Rail Careened Off Track
CityLab - Laura Bliss
California Governor Gavin Newsom’s plan to complete only a Central Valley segment of the rail link risks turning the transportation project into an economic development tool. On U.S. railroads, it’s been
Urban Agriculture
How Urban Agriculture Can Improve Food Security
CityLab - Miguel Altieri
U.S. cities could learn a thing or two from Cuba and Argentina when it comes to urban farming. During the partial federal shutdown in December 2018 and January 2019, news reports showed furloughed government
Jerusalem
Aboard Jerusalem’s Light Rail, a Divided City Rides Together
CityLab - Keshia Naurana Badalge
Part cultural tour, part social activism, a project called Dissolving Boundaries uses Jerusalem's public transportation as a stage for examining relations between Israeli and Palestinian residents. JERUSALEM—If
North Carolina
The Cities With the Most Singles
CityLab - Richard Florida
Where you live can have a big impact on your Valentine’s Day by changing the odds of meeting potential mates. Cities are not just labor markets: They’re mating markets. Single people don’t just move to
Syracuse University
There’s a Rural-Urban Divide in the Opiate Crisis
CityLab - Tanvi Misra
As deaths from heroin, fentanyl, and prescription opioids soar in the U.S., a new study looks at the geographic factors driving the drug overdose epidemic. In 2017, opioid overdose deaths in the U.S. a
The Singles Bar That Shook Up 1970s Toronto
CityLab - Chris Bateman
After the fern bar craze had swept the U.S., the Coal Bin arrived in the growing, but still-conservative Canadian city. There was no place quite like the Coal Bin for Toronto’s young singles in the early
California
CityLab Daily: California’s High-Speed Rail Careens Off Track
CityLab - Andrew Small
Also: The company shaping American police policy, and Boston City Hall at 50. Keep up with the most pressing, interesting, and important city stories of the day. Sign up for the CityLab Daily newsletter
We Found Love in the Gig Economy
CityLab - Nicole Javorsky
“I never thought I’d marry a man through Uber.” Last summer, my mom hired Bobby on TaskRabbit to reassemble furniture when I moved apartments in Arlington, Virginia. As he returned items to his toolbox,
Boston, MA
For Boston City Hall’s 50th Birthday, a Commemorative Pin
CityLab - Claire Tran
The city’s most polarizing building is now officially middle-aged and a couple of fans have reproduced a pin that was given out during its opening week celebrations in 1969. On February 10, 1969, one the
Surveillance
The Problem With a ‘Smart’ Border Wall
CityLab - Tanvi Misra
To resolve Trump’s impasse, many lawmakers have proposed boosting surveillance technology to create a virtual border wall. Is that more humane and effective? Congressional Democrats and Republicans have
Police Policy for Sale
CityLab - Scott Morris
Lexipol, a private for-profit company, has quietly become one of the most powerful voices in American law enforcement policy. This story was co-published with The Appeal. Gabriel Gomez Maciel was driving
You Can Keep Going to the Tate Modern to Look Into These Expensive Glass Homes
CityLab - Feargus O'Sullivan
The decision by the British High Court was an abrupt end to a heavily publicized stand-off between private wealth and a public art institution. Luxury flat owners who feel their privacy is invaded by public
San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Is for Lovers. Washington, D.C., Not So Much.
CityLab - David Montgomery
Love, actually, is not everywhere this Valentine’s Day, according to new online dating data. At least not the walks-on-the-beach, unrequited kind. Looking for love this Valentine’s Day? Apparently, America
Green New Deal
CityLab Daily: Cities, Don’t Fall in the Branding Trap
CityLab - Andrew Small
Also: How the Green New Deal could retrofit suburbs, and Edinburgh wants a tourist tax. Keep up with the most pressing, interesting, and important city stories of the day. Sign up for the CityLab Daily
Green New Deal
The New Deal Tried to Reform Land Use. So Could the Green New Deal.
CityLab
Perspective How the Green New Deal Could Retrofit Suburbs The original New Deal included a bold attempt to rethink suburbia. We can still learn from it. 3:18 PM ET Amanda Kolson Hurley Amanda Kolson Hurley
City Branding and the Urban Identity Crisis - CityLab
CityLab
Perspective Cities: Don’t Fall in the Branding Trap From Instagram stunts to Edison bulbs, why do so many cities’ marketing plans try to convince people that they’re exactly like somewhere else? 8:00 ET
Why Edinburgh Wants a Tourist Tax
CityLab - Feargus O'Sullivan
Scotland’s capital could charge travelers £2 per day—and don’t be surprised if other U.K. cities follow its lead. A trip to Edinburgh, Scotland, could soon get a little more expensive. This month, Scotland’s
Liberal View
The Conservative Backlash Against Progressive Ballot Measures
CityLab - Kriston Capps
In many states, ballot initiatives on expanding Medicaid, limiting gerrymandering, and raising the minimum wage swept to victory in November. Now lawmakers are doing their best to reverse them. Updated:

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Without Amazon HQ2, What Happens to Housing in Queens?

Subprime Auto Loans Are Turning Car Ownership Into a Trap

CityLab Daily: The Wall’s Eminent Domain Problem

The Town Where Retirees Can’t Retire

With Trains Like Schwebebahn, No Wonder Germans Love Public Transit

Lawmakers Aim to Protect Private Landowners on U.S.-Mexico Border

Capturing Black Bottom, a Detroit Neighborhood Lost to Urban Renewal

Are Reparations Baltimore’s Fix for Redlining, Investment Deprivation?

A Valentine’s Day Tradition, Born in the Heart of Boston

Amazon's Departure from New York City Is a PR Fiasco - CityLab

New York’s Ejection of Amazon Is the Start of a Movement

CityLab Daily: Amazon Pulls HQ2 From New York City

Where California High-Speed Rail Careened Off Track

How Urban Agriculture Can Improve Food Security

Aboard Jerusalem’s Light Rail, a Divided City Rides Together

The Cities With the Most Singles

There’s a Rural-Urban Divide in the Opiate Crisis

The Singles Bar That Shook Up 1970s Toronto

CityLab Daily: California’s High-Speed Rail Careens Off Track

We Found Love in the Gig Economy

For Boston City Hall’s 50th Birthday, a Commemorative Pin

The Problem With a ‘Smart’ Border Wall

Police Policy for Sale

You Can Keep Going to the Tate Modern to Look Into These Expensive Glass Homes

San Francisco Is for Lovers. Washington, D.C., Not So Much.

CityLab Daily: Cities, Don’t Fall in the Branding Trap

The New Deal Tried to Reform Land Use. So Could the Green New Deal.

City Branding and the Urban Identity Crisis - CityLab

Why Edinburgh Wants a Tourist Tax

The Conservative Backlash Against Progressive Ballot Measures