How Silicon Valley helps spread the same sterile aesthetic across the world theverge.com/2016/8/3/12325… via The Verge

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Neighbourhood rebranding: wanna meet in LoHo, CanDo or GoCaGa? gu.com/p/44pjp/stw

We're talking about the Social Mobility Index-relation betw/ education and better opportunity: bit.ly/1t62wW8

A new all-ages live punk series is coming to the Bridgeport library. chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archiv…

Chicago's gangster past, minus the romance trib.al/MNr5Mes

Theater, Waldorf School proposals favored in redevelopment of Andersonville's shuttered Trumbull school, survey shows bit.ly/1umElz5

What will the demographics of your city be in 2030? trib.al/4EeJmer

Imagine a whole city that captures water. Sponge City. Drought as design opportunity in LA. n.pr/1E5667O Morning Edition

The Obama Man Turning Around Chicago’s South Side Isn’t Rahm Emanuel nextcity.org/features/view/…

The American middle class is shrinking, and younger households are feeling the brunt of it. bit.ly/1EMkGP1 bit.ly/1EMkIXo

After the Spire: 6 Big Ideas to Fix That Big Hole in the Ground chi.mg/1zz65YH

What will happen after Finkl Steel plant's demolition? Robin Amer is talking Finkl's past, present and potential future: bit.ly/1yOowqb

MT Chris Bentley: When will Chicago get its next supertall skyscraper? We RE-answered this, in light of recent news: wbez.org/series/curious…

Anti-dibs hero clears block of debris, builds "art installation" bit.ly/1DKFb07

‘Cities face enormous & increasingly common challenges’ - via The World Today bit.ly/16KDWR4

"I don't know what he did to make you think he was suspicious..." How one community is engaging a dialogue on race. npr.org/2015/02/13/385…

Gentrification and Jackie Robinson West. Was the playing field ever even?soundcloud.com/wbez/gentrific…

How Gentrifiers Change the Very Definition of a Neighborhood - Bloomberg CityLab - citylab.com/housing/2015/0… …