From New Geography: When the 2010 Census results were released, a number of big cities had populations that were very off from what would have been expected based on the Census Bureau’s previous annual estimates of the...
Read MoreTiffany and Briana are only five years old, but already, their environments have had effects that can last their lifetimes. We began our ”Tale of Two Children” about Tiffany and Briana in the last edition of Perceptions, and in...
Read MoreThis is the second half of our posts about urban design. The first was Creating a City That Loves Itself. One marker for a city that loves itself is in good urban design that at the least ties together a city with a cohesive...
Read MoreLocal Memphis architect and planner Andy Kitsinger is now writing a regular column for the highly respected Planning Commissioners’ Journal. He is a principal consultant at The Development Studio, a firm focused on...
Read MoreFrom Wall Street Journal: For the latest evidence of the town-gown divide, look no further than New Jersey, where earlier this summer residents of Princeton banded together to sue the prestigious school in their backyard. The...
Read MoreFrom Atlantic Cities: It’s September, which for many of us is synonymous with heading back to school or back to work. And for many newly minted college graduates, it means revving up their job search. For grads who...
Read MoreStanding at the foot of Union Avenue, two couples from Indiana are surveying the Mississippi River when one of the men said: “I’ve been here four times for Elvis Week. I absolutely love this city, but it doesn’t look much like...
Read MoreFrom Twisted Sifter: If you’re a visual learner like myself, then you know maps, charts and infographics can really help bring data and information to life. Maps can make a point resonate with readers and this collection aims to...
Read MoreFrom citiwire.net: By Neal Peirce For a half century and more, there’s been an ugly abandonment scene across America – factories, malls, gas stations, superstores abruptly closing and fleeing sites in cities and towns. They...
Read MoreTiffany and Briana live a few miles from each other, but their lives are worlds apart. Five-year-old Tiffany lives in South Memphis, where the stress of her family’s poverty is an everyday presence in her life. There is...
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by Bill Day. Memphian Bill Day is two-time winner of the RFK Journalism Award in Cartooning. His cartoons are syndicated internationally by Cagle Cartoons. Cartoons Archive →