| URL | | | Description | A majority of the world’s population now lives in a town or city. That’s a fact you’ll run into more than once on this website today, but it bears repeating, and not only because it is a remarkable, indeed historic new reality. It’s also a big part of the reason why we’ve created this site. To understand cities is to get a handle on how most of us live, work, and play.
What can you expect from The Atlantic Cities? With this new site, we aim to do four things. First, we want to offer reported features that tell great stories about where cities are today, where they’ve been, and where they’re heading. Second, we want to deliver short, authoritative takes on the latest news and events happening in cities across the globe. Third, we want to gather the smartest thinkers and researchers in urbanism, anchored by the innovative work of Atlantic senior editor and Atlantic Cities godfather Richard Florida, to facilitate a bigger-picture, ideas-based conversation with our readers. And fourth, we want to use a variety of media, from charts and maps to photos, video and text, to tell these stories.
With today’s launch we also introduce a number of features, including:
The Big Fix: A weekly exploration of how cities attempt to solve problems, one issue at a time. We’ll be looking to both practitioners in the field, as well as regular readers, to chime in with their experiences on wide range of topics.
Democracy in America: Tales of the occasionally noble and often absurd nature of American civic life at the local level.
Why I Love My City: An interview series about all the reasons why we choose to make a particular place home.
City Pages: One-stop destinations for top U.S. and international cities, including key data and information as well as a repository for all of our content related to each city. If you don’t see your city in there yet, fear not. We’ll be adding more and more as we go along. | | In our opinion... | | Launched on September 15, 2011, this is a slick and attractive site produced under the auspices of Atlantic magazine and well-known urban theorist Richard Florida. The site features topical stories related to cities arranged under a number of headings (Jobs and Economy, Commute, Housing, Arts and Lifestyle, Design, Technology, Politics and Neighborhood) and may be searched by keyword, or one can browse city profiles or by 'feature' (e.g. maps, charts, or photos). The focus is largely but not exclusively on the United States. The site is equipped with an RSS feed, an associated Twitter account and an email newsletter. |
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