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People Fixing The World - Family Friendly Cities - BBC Sounds We look at how two cities are trying to improve life for families

From Addis Ababa & Bogota, seemingly small shifts making big differences to quality of life
#Cities #Impact #LivingHappily
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Stafford, England

#Buffalo, NY. Sorry, I can’t keep it a secret

Happy New Year from the amazing city of #Toronto

Ten days until I head over to #Toronto & #Buffalo, any Blueskyers’ recommendations very welcome

We’d love people’s input to this! 👇 Where are the UK public sector reformers?

Help map the movement so that we can work out together how best to support it.

Grateful for RTs

Didn’t change football completely. Changed the top flight. Plenty of aggro carried on regardless.
Jenrick is a buffoon, nonetheless

The Long Comeback of the Erie Canal One of America’s first major public works projects is marking its 200th anniversary — and seeking a path to the future.

Canal as cultural infrastructure : fascinating piece on the #ErieCanal

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Expert Taskforce recommends locations for new towns The New Towns Taskforce has recommended locations for the next generation of new towns.

A big day for New Town news
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What we learned at the World Design Congress Podcast Episode · The Urbanist · 18/09/2025 · 31m

Great to hear the item on Seattle’s waterfront on The Urbanist podcast. 20 years in the making, a lesson in community & civic commitment
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Yesterday’s Schools of Tomorrow Face the Future In the 1950s and ’60s, top architects built a trove of daring modernist schools in Columbus, Indiana. Now these midcentury icons are getting a $300 million update.

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“Buffalo…..who knew” that Louise Blanchard Bethune was the first woman to practice architecture in the US? Podcast Episode · Buffalo... Who Knew? · 08/04/2025 · 31m

More from Kelly Hayes McAlonie on Louise Blanchard Bethune at the excellent #BuffaloRising podcast

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The Buffalo Architect Fighting for Women in Design From designing playgrounds to university campuses, Kelly Hayes McAlonie has worked to prioritize women and families in public space.

“A society can only afford to not invest in the public realm for so long before things start to break, and our cities are breaking.” Great interview www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Rethink - Rethink...social housing - BBC Sounds What's stopping the UK from building the social housing we need?

A useful tour round some familiar issues in this episode of Rethink - maybe nothing new, but good to hear the need for #socialhousing being recognised as a national & local priority
#affordability

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Nice gig!

The Battle Over the Fate of Detroit’s Renaissance Center Motor City officials and preservationists see different futures for RenCen, the soon-to-be-former headquarters of General Motors and once the world’s largest development.

The latest in a long line of developments & demolitions to revitalise downtown #Detroit
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First Sunday morning junior cricket fixture, happy days

If you see this, post something orange

Might start stockpiling Oswald Spengler books…

How Britain’s Most Bike-Friendly New Town Got Built Planners of the Waterbeach development near Cambridge designed the new housing complex with abundant cycling infrastructure to support car-free living.

Interesting #newtown news
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So … public health jobs @healthfoundation.bsky.social are like buses - you wait for one for ages and then two arrive at the same time!

Another great role shaping our prevention agenda ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

Please share!

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Great roles!

Stop Making Sense David Lynch, Bob Dylan, and the Beauty of the Inexplicable

Dylan, Lynch & the mystery train: excellent again from @ianleslie.bsky.social
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Pretty pleased with my sales bargain today #BoundForGlory

a man in a blue sweater is sitting in front of a pile of papers ALT: a man in a blue sweater is sitting in front of a pile of papers

TIL that HBO originally wanted to cast Ray Winstone as Jimmy McNulty in The Wire, & now nothing will ever be the same again

A great show, loved hearing all the guests & the multitude of histories & futures for high streets #StartTheWeek

The secret sauce of new cities Why some succeed and others fail?

#NewCities from @geoffmulgan.bsky.social
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A Tale of Two Towns: Economic Disadvantage and Political Disempowerment in Ex-Industrial England | Report | Common Wealth What do the stories of Mansfield and Corby tell us about the state of contemporary Britain?

Download the full report as a PDF and explore the interactive map. ⬇️

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Many congratulations Jess, great news

Modes of collaboration across city regions, & a moment for greater scale & sophistication. There’s a lot to take from Berube’s approach that applies to the UK too. Even if this isn’t the week to be making cross-Atlantic comparisons