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The opener

Pedal power in Zürich, Singapore-style workouts, Detroit’s architectural resurgence and an unexpected tea accompaniment in Beijing: we’ve scoured the globe for our news round-up.

  • Issue #107
  • 5 min read
The opener
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How to mend a city

Detroit is set to witness its first population growth since the 1950s. This is how the city used urbanism to press restart.

  • Issue #107
  • 18 min read
How to mend a city
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Cities

Municipal regeneration in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, the biggest bicycle parking garage in the world opens in Utrecht and the New Orleans Greenway.

  • Issue #107
  • 4 min read
Cities
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Healthy income

As the fitness business pulls in new and inventive players, how can cities encourage their citizens to live healthier lives?

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  • 1 min watch
Man exercising
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Cities

The mayor of St Tropez is on a mission to reshape it, what smaller Chinese cities can offer young residents and taking a river dip in Portland, Oregon.

  • Issue #106
  • 4 min read
Cities
Business

Breathe in, breathe out

Taiwan's Yilan county has long been Taipei's rural escape. Since a mountain tunnel slashed commute times in 2006, this Pacific-coast city of rice paddies and surf breaks has become a genuine alternative to capital-city…

  • Issue #106
  • 16 min read
Breathe in, breathe out
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Brand Berlin

The German capital has become home to numerous new businesses and start-ups, attracting people from around the globe. And despite its complex past, it is an outpost of liberalism, possibility and ambition. How can…

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Berlin
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Walk of fame

LA’s renaissance mayor and Democrat rising star is taking on homelessness, transport and Trump.

  • Issue #105
  • 12 min read
Walk of fame
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Editor’s letter

Our editor in chief on the name of our London HQ, the appeal of its neighbouring park and the enduring power of quality of life.

  • Issue #105
  • 5 min read
Illustration of a man with binoculars looking up at a blue bird singing in a tree overlooking a park.
Design

High ideals

Sing it from the rooftops: Milan’s greenery is in the heavens.

  • Issue #105
  • 7 min read
High ideals

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