Protected: Mixed Income Neighborhoods

The movement of talented young adults to dense urban neighborhoods isn't waning, it is widespread and accelerating, and it...

The secret to reducing the amount of time Americans spend in peak hour traffic has more to do with how we build our cities...

As Jane Jacobs so eloquently described it in The Death and Life of American Cities, much of the essence of urban living is...

The essence of cities is bringing people—from all walks of life—together in one place.  Social interaction and a robu...

For over half a century, American cities were decentralizing, with suburban areas surpassing city centers in both populati...

Lost in Place: Why the persistence and spread of concentrated poverty--not gentrification--is our biggest urban challenge....

In a nation increasingly divided by race and economic status, where our life prospects are increasingly de ned by the weal...

The Young and Restless—25 to 34 year-olds with a bachelor’s degree or higher level of education—are increasingly mov...

At CityObservatory, we strive to make data the driving force behind our operations. We know that many of you share our kee...

In the next few weeks, look for new City Observatory reports addressing city job growth, the unfolding process of neighbor...