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...that they face a lack of alternatives. Discrimination against CORI-holders, particularly when the record is irrelevant to the job for which someone is applying leads to higher rates of recidivism, which hovered at nearly 70 percent in the 1990s.People with CORIs are highly concentrated in specific urban areas, so that the issue of CORI reform also becomes one of community. The cycle of unemployment continues when youth start getting records after police round-ups. Martin says, “If it’s clear that jobs and college are not attainable, then why would you put the effort...
This year, students at the Graduate School of Design will be flying their designs out of the classroom and into the capital of Northern Ireland. Associate Professor of Architecture and Urban Design Richard Sommer and the students in his studio class “Belfast Recast” have developed proposals to help the city overcome a past fraught with sectarian conflict. The 12 students’ most controversial proposal is a plan to build a new parliament building in midtown Belfast. The body’s current home, in Stormont, is closely associated with unionist—mainly Protestant?...
...years after a hard-fought campaign left him 90 votes shy of a seat on the Cambridge City Council, urban planner Sam Seidel said in an interview yesterday that he will make a second run for the council this November...
...Singapore with Venice, London and New York. Those cities grew into giants not by copying blueprints of other capitals, but by being open to fresh ideas and unfamiliar DNA. "Yes, we should study best practices and features from other great cities," says Cheong Koon Hean, CEO of Singapore's Urban Redevelopment Agency. "But, ultimately, we need to seek out answers that best suit Singapore. To find our own soul." With their usual determination, Singaporeans are looking...
...hubs offering valet parking, showers and repair services, and other cities in California and elsewhere in the U.S. are beginning to take note. "The concept is growing fast and helping bike commuting move from an invisible subculture to an organized pursuit that's part of the fabric of everyday urban life," says John Case, a retired real estate financier who brought the Bikestation concept from Europe to Long Beach in 1996. Its popularity prompted public agencies and private groups in San Francisco, Berkeley, Palo Alto and Seattle have followed suit. The city of Santa Monica provides free valet parking...