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New Orleans: Returning to Life, a Decade After Katrina

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Hurricane Katrina’s landfall in New Orleans—and the ensuing breaking of the city’s levees—had a long-term devastating effect on the metro area, four-fifths of which was flooded by the storm. And what has emerged on the other side is the premier example of urban innovation in America. Throughout the U.S.,

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Where the Great Places Are: Association Lists Top Neighborhoods, Streets, Spaces

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The American Planning Association’s annual Great Places in America list highlights examples of beautiful, well-planned community hubs. It’s not often that you’ll see Washington, DC’s, Adams Morgan and Jackson, Mississippi’s, Greater Belhaven mentioned in the same breath.