ResearchBuzz: FirehoseTomorrow City: Heatwave risk, down to your block: the new tool making it visible. “The WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities has just launched Cool Cities Lab, a mapping tool focused on understanding the extent of heatwaves and, above all, identifying vulnerabilities in urban areas…. It can assess how heat impacts areas at street level and even street by street, helping to visualize where […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/02/heatwave-risk-down-to-your-block-the-new-tool-making-it-visible-tomorrow-city/
Otis WhiteA public research organization finds that only 44% of Americans would want to live in #walkable #neighborhoods rather than sprawling suburbs, if those were the only choices. So, that’s bad, right? Actually, it’s great. If we created enough walkable neighborhoods for the 44% who want them … our cities would thrive. And others might be persuaded. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/03/19/majority-of-americans-prefer-spread-out-communities-with-big-houses/
A Philly council member has legitimate concerns about what happens to school buildings once #schools are closed … and a concern that some of the closings are because of the buildings’ value to real estate developers. But rezone all schools so they can never be used for #housing? That may not serve #neighborhoods well. https://whyy.org/articles/philadelphia-school-closures-city-council-rezoning-plan/ #BOEs
The author of a book about #happiness offers a formula for Atlanta (or any city) to be a happier place. Have a purpose that makes your city distinctive. Build connection and belonging through inclusive public places and welcoming #neighborhoods. Then manage growth so it’s neither so little that it drives off the ambitious nor so overwhelming that it exhausts everyone. https://www.ajc.com/education/2026/03/how-atlanta-can-get-the-gold-medal-for-happiness/
Dining and CookingUltimate Midtown NYC Guide: Dining, Shopping & Culture
The Grill Major Food Group brings the glamour with The Grill, an American steakhouse in the iconic Seagram Building. Celebrating midcentury New York dining, it blends classic hospitality with modern flair. Don’t miss the tableside tr…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Dining #art #bars #city #Food&Drink #Hotels #neighborhoods #Position2 #shopping; #spas
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2572253/ultimate-midtown-nyc-guide-dining-shopping-culture/
Book of the Week: “The 15-Minute City: A Solution to Saving Our Time and Our Planet” proposes something that could radically change cities. The proposal: Bring everything people need for daily life within a 15-minute walk, bike ride or bus ride of where people live. In doing so, it would undo a century of land-use separation and change our concept of #neighborhoods. Would this work in your city? Would citizens accept it? https://www.atlantaurbanist.com/book/the-15-minute-city/
Nikolas Kozloff has movedDoubtful whether #Trump knows about #cocido, let alone #Paraguayans in his home #borough https://www.ilovepy.com/products/don-fernando-cocido-quemado-1?srsltid=AfmBOoovovJUfCyS8Azsg4cl6kb3ErkPdweAMd3rg_lQvt-nZeH7rx2N We need more #multicultural #neighborhoods like #Sunnyside my #video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXwb-V31S3w #queens #food #moldova #turkey #coffee #pastry #donuts #fascism #diversity #DonaldTrump
#WFH walloped the world of commercial real estate. But what if home offices became a blessing instead of a curse for #CRE? In years to come, we could see WFH reshaping #neighborhoods by breaking down separations of land uses. CRE leaders: It may be time to stop thinking tall and commuter-oriented and start thinking small and walkable, with mixed uses everywhere in cities and suburbs. https://www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-commercial-residential-development-trends-downtown-strip/
“Sidewalk Joy”: If we let people be creative and don’t get too carried away with regulations, we can make our #neighborhoods much more fun. You know one way: the Little Free Libraries that stand along sidewalks. And now in Denver, there are tiny sidewalk art galleries where you can pick up a trinket and leave a small work of art. https://denverite.com/2026/03/09/sidewalk-joy-tiny-art-galleries-are-spreading-across-denver/
NateI'm hearing some St Johns residents pronounce "Portsmouth" (one of our neighboring neighborhoods) in the English way instead of the North Portland way, and it's making me sad.