Category Archives: Cities

Discussion Group, Order in the courtroom

Posted on December 21, 1996 by urbanrenaissanceinst

(December 21, 1996) As I sit down to start writing this article, I am about three weeks away from a custody trial. No, its not my child I’ll be fighting over. I am a lawyer, and I’ll be handling this for a client. Continue reading →

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Book reviews

Posted on December 21, 1996 by urbanrenaissanceinst

(December 21, 1996) Ashes to Ashes: America’s Hundred-Year Cigarette War, the Public Health, and the Unabashed Triumph of Philip Morris. Continue reading →

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The Next City Discussion Group, Making art that matters (part 2)

Posted on September 21, 1996 by urbanrenaissanceinst

(September 21, 1996) Letters and Responses – Andrew Coyne really hit the nail on the head. I buy original art, but I can decide for myself what culture I’ll pay for, and I don’t see why I should support it through my taxes. Continue reading →

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The Next City Discussion Group – Making art that matters(Part 1)

Posted on September 21, 1996 by urbanrenaissanceinst

(September 21, 1996) “We work in the dark,” Henry James wrote in The Middle Years, “we do what we can — we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.” Continue reading →

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Planners from hell -Rules are rules — or are they?

Posted on September 21, 1996 by urbanrenaissanceinst

(September 21, 1996) Rules are rules – or are they? Municipal governments have given the world more than their fair share of procedures, bylaws and regulations. So you would think they’d be the first to play their own rules. Well, think again. Continue reading →

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