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Our Neighborday Results Are In

The best part of Neighborday? The day after. We say hi when we run into each other on the block.

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A Neighborday Manifesto: Because We're Better Together

A Citizen-Led Civic Intervention in Detroit

Pictures from Detroit Civic Intervention, a 48-hour, all-hands-on-deck workshop to renew a local landmark.

Placemaking 101: Ten Steps to Transform a Public Space

Have a vacant parking lot or lonely street corner that needs a little love? Learn how to bring it back to life with these tips from Project for Public Spaces.

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How To: Start a Creative Reuse Revolution in Your Community in 5 Steps

Lisa Hernandez opened the Long Beach Center for Creative Reuse with one simple guiding principal: one man's trash is another's treasure.

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Czech Towns Enlist Cardboard Police in Mini-Skirts to Slow Traffic

Cash-strapped Czech towns have found a solution for dealing with speedy drivers: Female police officers in mini-skirts.

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Another Study Proves What We Already Knew: Walkability Improves Quality of Life

According to a new study how walkable your neighborhood is directly impacts your quality of life.

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Video: This Is What a Bicycle Parking Garage Looks Like

At the Groningen rail station in the Netherlands there are enough parking spaces for 10,000 bikes even though the population is only 188,000.

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Video: Choreographed Snow in Buffalo Becomes Winter Park

Watch how choreographed snow plows will transform piles of slush into a winter wonderland in Buffalo's Front Park.

Vote for the Best Bus Route in America

Check out the finalists, and vote for your favorite, in the Best Bus Routes in America contest.

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Video: The Future of Street Art?

Pahln takes a decidedly modern approach to street art by combining stop motion animation with stencils and long-form exposure.

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Steal this Idea: Pop-up Cafes in Parking Spaces

New York's parking space sized pop-up cafes program will expand next year. Could your city be next?

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Best Bus Route in America Contest: Winners Announced

Congratulations to the winners of our Best Bus Route in America challenge: Arthur Cherry and Alex Burchard.

The 10 Best Food Neighborhoods from Jonathan Gold's 99 Essential L.A. Restaurants

A tour of Gold's gospel.

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Video: Spike Jonze Directs New Arcade Fire Video

A new Arcade Fire video by Spike Jonze asks if the suburbs as benign as we thought.

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Event: Green Patriot Posters Come to Los Angeles

Our friends at The Canary Project are bringing their Green Patriot Posters initiative to Los Angeles tomorrow night.

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Are Cell Phones the Cigarettes of the 21st Century?

There's an alarming amount of research that shows cell phones may not be as benign as we thought.

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