Here’s a glimpse of what Seoul has planned for its waterfront: three new recreation islands.

It is hoped that this project will become a vibrant cultural and entertainment destination, and ‘buoy the city’s spirits’.

The development will feature three islands -- Vista, Viva and Terra -- each with…

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Memphis College of Art President Jeff Nesin responded to Joe Cortright's view that the arts product and marketing need a major overhaul, given the fact that arts participation is declining.

"Why marketing or product?  Maybe there's a shift, perhaps technological, perhaps cultural, probably both, that we need to acknowledge.  I…

What is bad news for the arts can also be bad news for cities.

Arts Participation 2008: Highlights from a National Survey features top findings from the 2008 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts, conducted by the NEA in partnership with the U.S. Census Bureau.  And the findings are…

The dramatic plunge in murders in Nuevo Laredo was the subject of a recent NPR story.  Apparently, warring drug cartels called a truce, and things instantly got better.  Unfortunately, the truce in Nuevo Laredo is now causing problems in Juarez, documented in last week's New York Times.

While…

Opened last month, L.A Live, with its two concert halls, an ESPN Zone/broadcast studio, a bowling alley, movie theaters, ten restaurants, Grammy Museum, and condos, is being called a "content campus" by Business Week.  Its developers call it an entertainment campus. The complex cost $2.5 billion and is…

Congratulations to Scotland for having the forethought to celebrate the International Year of Astronomy (IYA), marking the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s telescope with Galloway Forest Park announcing its plans to become Europe’s first “dark sky park.”

The Bldgblog reports that the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) web site…

Steelcase's Workspring makes Springwise's top ten list for 2008. Debuting in Chicago and host to part of our last National Meeting, Workspring is a new urban amenity that offers a fresh setting for collaboration.

The things that make a city delightful -- like parks, historic sites, museums and beaches - disproportionally attracted highly educated individuals and experienced faster housing price appreciation, according to "City Beautiful," a paper published this month by Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia economists Gerald A. Carlino and Albert…

The Chicago Public Library is on pace for a record number of items in circulation this year, thanks to soaring food and gas prices.  In July, CPL saw a 28% rise in the number of items "out."  Can we expect to see further consolidations and closings of big format bookstores? …