At the turn of the last century, progressive “muckraking” author Lincoln Steffans asked this question of major American cities. Tammany Hall reigned in New York. Kickbacks to city officials were common for work done in the cities. He concluded the real problem was the people living in the cities who didn’t care enough to learn… Read More
San Jose’s City Vision: Smartest City in US by 2020
According to Toronto Mayor John Tory, “more than half of the USA’s famous Unicorn companies (companies valued at over $1Billion) have been created by immigrants.â€Â At a recent City Age conference in San Francisco, Tory described his effort to replicate that success by mixing immigrants in Canada and a strong urban corridor that explicitly supported… Read More