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Paris and New Orleans – The Two Cities that Helped Roulette Become a Global Phenomenon
Roulette is one of the world’s most popular and fascinating games. It is also among the few offerings…
Brand New Market By New Entrepreneurs In New Orleans
The entrepreneurs behind a European-style food hall that revived a historic New Orleans building are planning to bring…
Why Doesn’t New Orleans Look More Like Amsterdam?
Meet David Waggonner: the urban and environmental architect who wants New Orleans to come to terms with the…
Food Lovers’ New Orleans
New Orleans, a vibrant city and a melting pot of European, Caribbean and African culture, music and food.…
The U.S. Has New Mega-Regions And It Challenges Daily Commutes
As economic centers grow in size and importance, determining their boundaries has become more crucial. Where do you…
Hopefully, New Urban Highways Learn From Mistakes Of The Past
As plans advance for the Interstate 49 Connector, Lafayette, Louisiana, might soon find out. Lafayette, Louisiana, shouldn’t have…
More New Jobs Are In City Centers, While Employment Growth Shrinks In The Suburbs
For decades, most Americans working in metropolitan areas have gone to work outside city centers – in suburban…
The Best and Worst Places To Spend Your New Year’s Eve
Times Square might be the most hashtag-worthy spot for welcoming the new year, but it’s certainly not the…
What’s So Super About The Super Bowl!
Sports is a pure form of therapy, whether you’re watching it, playing it, or discussing it. One such…
History Tells Us Trying To Stop Diseases Like COVID-19 At The Border Is A Failed Strategy
To explain why the coronavirus pandemic is much worse in the U.S. than anywhere else in the world,…
Is Your City Making You Fat? How Urban Planning Can Address The Obesity Epidemic
New disease outbreaks, like the novel coronavirus that recently emerged in China’s Hubei province, generate headlines and attention.…
Coronavirus: The Latest Disease To Fuel Mistrust, Fear And Racism
With the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in Wuhan, China, stories of courage and strength have captured…
Why We Gobble Up Specific Foods On Thanksgiving
United States lore has it that the first Thanksgiving was in 1621, when Plymouth colonists and the Wampanoag…
Cities Are Growing Insanely Fast: How Can We Prepare
The world is going urban. More than half (55 per cent) of the global population are city dwellers.…
10 Of The World’s Longest Bridges Of Various Types
If you ever find yourself in Hunan, China, rent a car and drive the Jishou-Chadong Expressway: 18 tunnels…
28 Best Party Cities & Places In The World
Some of the world’s most stunning destinations are also home to incredible nightlife for travelers to explore. From…
The Most Excellent Cities In The World
Are you looking for your next travel destination? With thousands of cities in the world, it can be…
The J.F.K. Files: Decades of Doubts & Conspiracy Theories
The granddaddy of all conspiracy theories has re-emerged in the American psyche with the planned release of the…
Rebuilding Puerto Rico From the Grassroots Up
The Climate Justice Alliance has declared Wednesday “A National Day of Action,” on behalf of Puerto Rico, which…
How Migration Will Reshape Our World
Arguments rage, but what does immigration really mean for jobs, economies and cultures? The evidence suggests we could…
A Super Helpful Guide to Equitable City Growth
When there’s a big project with public dollars in the city of New Orleans, the city assembles a group of…
Here Are The Best Cities For Digital Nomads
The one thing truest about technology is that it is always evolving. These days, technology is more accessible…
The Top 10 Best Cities for Conservatives In The U.S. During Trump
Republicans should feel right at home in each of these conservative cities. Can’t bear the thought of another President…
The Top 10 Skyscrapers In The World Made Of Emptiness
There are many skyscrapers that sit empty, abandoned, or in ruin. Sometimes, they outlive their usefulness. Sometimes, they…
Head To These Top 10 2017 Easter Getaway This Weekend
Travel the world this Easter season to see how it is celebrated in a different country. From the…
The Top 10 Craziest Party Hotspots In The World
Some people love to party, at home or on vacation, and the world has some fantastic party destinations…
The Top 10 Booze Cities To Catch Up With Old Flames
There’s something thrilling about discovering a local watering hole and enjoying a hometown spirit after a long day…
12 Cities You Must Visit in 2017 If You Love Food
1. New Orleans From crawfish boils to po-boys to beignets, you can’t expect to visit New Orleans and…
Memphis’ Greens It Up, From Getting It Wrong To Doing It Right
Shelby Farms Park and the Shelby Farms Greenline demonstrate a civic interest in landscape design not seen in…
Foodie Travelers Guide: 30 Best Food Cities In The World
What is the best part about traveling around the world aside from taking in the scenery and the…
The South Of The USA And Its Most Gorgeous Neighborhoods
The South is loaded with some incredibly gorgeous neighborhoods filled with homes that not only tell the story…
Top 7 Architecture Wonders You Shouldn’t Miss In Cleveland
Walk down any street in Downtown Cleveland and you’ll know the city had history. The bricks and stones,…
Top 15 Cities For Women In Tech With Big Dreams
Women in the U.S. tech industry have long faced major disparities in both employment and pay. Last year,…
Sci-Fi Cities & Mega Cities Of The Future, As Imagined Or Not?
Will we live in buildings made out of waste, heavily surveilled smart cities, or maybe floating communities designed…
Why Vejle’s Flood Defence Is Also The Kernel Of Its Resilience
As Rotterdam becomes the latest city to unveil its resilience strategy, Athlyn Cathcart-Keays looks at how the port…
A History Map Of The Rise & Fall Of U.S. Slavery
The historian and cartographer Bill Rankin visualizes the practice with a fresh approach. Although it was abolished in…
The Top 25 Coolest AirBnBs In America
Last week we unveiled our picks for the 25 Best US Cities to Spend a Weekend. From Sioux…
How Far A Paycheck Goes In 191 U.S. Cities
New Yorkers and San Franciscans pay a lot more for apartments, groceries and other expenses, but they also…
What Long-Distance Trains Teach Us About Public Space In America
“What people don’t like about the train is the time lapse. People don’t have time to tie their…
How College Graduates Impact Local Economies
A college education has its personal advantages, but it’s critical to thriving cities as well. It’s no secret…
Bloomberg Philanthropies Expands Data Help to 13 More Cities
Twenty-one American Cities now Participating in the Nation’s Most Comprehensive Initiative to Help City Halls Use Data and…
The Top 20 Cities Embracing Solar Energy
While giant new solar farms located in rural areas and deserts have been grabbing the headlines lately, America’s…
The 10 Best College Towns In The U.S.
It doesn’t take a master’s degree to know that the best college towns appeal to more than just…
The 10 Best Party Cities In The World
You wake up covered in god knows what, on a couch you’ve never seen before in your life.…
If Civic Engagement Is Boring, You’re Probably Doing It Wrong
The five cities of the City Accelerator’s second cohort — Albuquerque, Atlanta, Baltimore, New Orleans and Seattle —…
How American Cities Can Learn From Italian Piazzas
When the paradigm of modernist architecture crumbled, urbanists began a quest for credible alternatives that often took them to…
How The Future Of Food Markets Will Look Like The Past
Before there were farmers’ markets, there were public markets. New Orleans is bringing them back. They’re at the…
Whoever Said America Lost Its Heart Is Wrong
Geographically, the top 15 winners represent a distinct advantage among heartland cities—though one could argue that the size…
City Public Toilets : The True Measure Of Hygiene
Reacting to the poor offering of public amenities across major cities, apps like Airpnp – which allows users…
How Tech Hub Cities Serve The Public Good
The cities with the strongest markets for civic innovation are also the cities where entrepreneurs believe strong connections…