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Gearing up

17 May 2018

City planners plotting new routes should look to these three cities for hints on how to get people moving.

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Rebel recipe

16 November 2017

The special ingredient behind this US food empire? Mix in a dollop of anarchy, says its co-founder.

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Politics briefing

19 October 2017

How do you do foreign affairs when nobody recognises your country? Plus: why the US is in the year of the infallible mayor.

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How to mend a city

21 September 2017

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

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Ed Stocker reporting from Columbus, Indiana: This Columbus (not its Ohio namesake) has a population of 45,000 and one of the best line-ups of modernist architecture in the world. But as the city searches for a future in…

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Moving through the gears

27 July 2017

Ed Stocker reporting from Auburn Hills: Ralph Gilles, global head of design at Fiat Chrysler, has seen it all in his 25 years at the company. We find out about the journey so far – and ask what’s next for the industry.

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Express delivery

18 May 2017

Henry Ford and Interstate highways put paid to the US railway’s glory years but new higher-speed projects could make riding the tracks part of life once more. Well, one day anyway.

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The Entrepreneurs - The Entrepreneurs: best of 2016

28 December 2016

Highlights from the past year, from a legendary Detroit record label and a beloved British chocolatier to the secrets of a Silicon Valley venture capitalist.

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Cream of the crop

21 October 2016

Three years after Detroit declared bankruptcy the US city is still trying to regain its footing but one area in which it’s thriving is urban farming. There are a whopping 1,400 farms and community gardens in the sprawling…

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Time to shine?

20 October 2016

In recent years Canada has become the envy of liberal nations the world over but the country still has work to do if it is to truly cement its position as a global leader. In this issue we outline all that’s great about the…

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Urban renewal

22 September 2016

The rust-belt city of Detroit, which declared bankruptcy in 2013, has recently been experiencing something of an art-and-design resurgence – and homegrown retailer Shinola has been synonymous with its rebirth. Founded in…

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Urbanism briefing

15 September 2016

We talk to New York’s chief planner Carl Weisbrod. Plus: can you measure the happiness of a whole city?

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Craft: Make it big

18 August 2016

Becoming an entrepreneur is often about finding a niche in the market or just doing things a little bit differently. These three makers demonstrate how having a vision, the confidence to follow it through and the ability…

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The Monocle Daily - Monday 8 August

8 August 2016

As Australia's former foreign minister warns against Donald Trump's nuclear ideals, we get the view of Harvard University's nuclear analyst. Plus: why politicians still use Detroit as a symbol of economic woe, the latest…

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Strike tree

7 April 2016

As baseball season gears up across North America, there are concerns that traditional ash-wood bats may soon be a thing of the past. The fear has arisen because the supply of ash in the US is under threat from an invasive…

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Traditional transport

19 March 2016

As recently as the 1970s, passenger boats known as Hudson Dayliners travelled up and down the Hudson River from New York to charming towns upstate. Today the SS Columbia Project is working to revitalise the romantic trad…

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