Alan Ehrenhalt

Recent Articles

• Innovation’s Unexpected Return to States
• Apr 30, 2013
• The laboratories of democracy have reopened after the recession. But they’re not delivering the results that most experts have been conditioned to expect from them.
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• Cities of the Future May Soon Look Like Those of the Past
• Mar 30, 2012
• Urbanist Alan Ehrenhalt explains how America’s cities are changing, why and what this means for urban life in the future.
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• The Inside Edge
• Jun 1, 2010
• Political success is never simple. But it seems the new governors who are making a mark are the ones who've paid their dues in state politics.

• Taking Stock
• Feb 1, 2010
• Recalling 22 years of assessing the ebb and flow of states and localities.

• The Rise of the Megaregion
• Jan 1, 2010
• The idea of "megaregions" is getting a bit too much mega-hype.
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• The Return of the Two-Way Street
• Dec 1, 2009
• Why the double-yellow stripe is making a comeback in downtowns.
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• Immigrants and the Suburban Influx
• Nov 30, 2009
• This fall, Parkview High School, in Lilburn, Georgia, was unable to field a ninth-grade football team. That is no tragedy; many schools have never even...
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• Statewide Zoning: a Pipe Dream?
• Sep 30, 2009
• Gregory Bialecki wants something for Massachusetts that no other state has: a comprehensive statewide zoning code. He thinks that's needed to break down the longstanding...
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• Does Urban-Planning News Travel Slower in Miami?
• Sep 16, 2009
• We all learned in school about the Battle of New Orleans, the glorious American military victory in the War of 1812 that took place weeks after ...