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Brett Widness

Brett Widness is the managing editor of Urban Land. Previously, he worked in online editorial at the Washington Post, AARP, and AOL, now part of Yahoo!

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Economy, Market & Trends
Mar/Apr Issue of Urban Land Is Available for Download
The latest issue is now available for download in the Urban Landapp. The cover package for this issue is titled “Philadelphia: A History of Innovation.” Other cover topics include: “Tokyo: Rising Values and Redevelopment,” “Janette Sadik-Khan: How Pedestrians Won Times Square,” and " The New Comcast Center: A Vertical Silicon Valley.”
April 15, 2016
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Spring Meeting
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Economy, Market & Trends
Data Journalist Nate Silver to Speak at the ULI Spring Meeting, April 19–21
Nate Silver, founder of the FiveThirtyEight website, is scheduled to deliver the closing keynote address at ULI’s Spring Meeting, which is being held in Philadelphia this week.
April 14, 2016
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Economy, Market & Trends
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News
Video: Why Rustbelts Are the Emerging Hotspots of Global Innovation
A new book, The Smartest Places on Earth, examines this changing dynamic and the transformation of “rustbelt” cities, the former industrial centers of the U.S. and Europe, into a “brainbelt” of design and innovation.
April 13, 2016
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Economy, Market & Trends
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News
Video: Janette Sadik-Khan Speaking About Streetfight, Times Square
Janette Sadik-Khan, New York’s transportation commissioner from 2007 to 2013, recently spoke at Politics & Prose, one of Washington, D.C.'s premier independent bookstore and cultural hub, promoting her new book, Streetfight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution. Look for an excerpt from the book in the current print issue of Urban Land and online next week.
April 11, 2016
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Design and Planning
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Chicago
Video: 10 Parks That Changed America
PBS will broadcast a new documentary, 10 Parks That Changed America, on April 12th. Produced by WTTW in Chicago, the program identifies the 10 most influential urban parks in the country, from the era of America’s early settlers to the present day, ranging from the Squares of Savannah, Georgia, to the High Line of New York City.
April 1, 2016
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Economy, Market & Trends
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News
Video: Baltimore Hosts First U.S. Light Festival
Premiering this week, Light City Baltimore is the first large-scale, international “light festival” in the United States. Similar festivals have been held in Berlin, Singapore, Rio de Janeiro, and Sydney, Australia. Light City Baltimore provides a backdrop for the celebration of ideas, ingenuity and creativity through art, music and innovation.
March 28, 2016
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Development and Construction
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ULI Leadership
Former ULI Chairman Joseph W. O’Connor Dies at 70
Joseph W. O’Connor, 70, of North Palm Beach, Florida, passed away at home in February surrounded by family and friends following a courageous ten-month battle with cancer. O’Connor founded Copley Real Estate Advisors, one of the largest and most successful real estate investment firms in the United States. He was cochair of AEW Capital Management and chairman of the Urban Land Institute from 2001 to 2003, in addition to being a ULI Foundation governor and trustee.
March 25, 2016
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Resilience and Sustainability
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News
Video: Trailer for City of Trees Documentary
A film about the intersection of public stimulus and a community’s fight for equal access to good jobs and safe parks, City of Treeswill be shown as part of the Environmental Film Festival this month in Washington, D.C
March 16, 2016
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Development and Construction
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San Francisco
At SXSW, DOT Secretary Foxx Announces Seven Finalist Cities in Smart City Challenge
Seven cities—Austin, Texas; Columbus, Ohio; Denver; Kansas City, Missouri; Pittsburgh; Portland, Oregon; and San Francisco—have been named finalists for the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Smart City Challenge. DOT has pledged up to $40 million to one city to help it define what it means to be a “smart city.”
March 14, 2016
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Design and Planning
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News
Video: Drone Flyover of Apple’s Campus Construction in California
This video, captured by drone by photographer Duncan Sinfield, shows the progress on the spaceship-like main building, plus a 100,000 square foot fitness center, parking structures for nearly 11,000 cars, a research and development facility, and 1,000 seat underground auditorium. Once completed, the Apple Campus 2 will house some 12,000 employees.
March 10, 2016
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