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"Building a city" March 24, 2007, Vol. 22, No. 11
Building a city
COVER STORY | By Mindy Belz
The city is now where most of us live. WORLD profiles 10 unique urban centers, the people who make them thrive, and those whose life calling is to make them better More >>
 Features
Catchin’ the wave
| by Lynn Vincent
From Jesus People to Petco Park, San Diego has prospered by not preening
Melting pot
| by Jamie Dean
New Delhi boasts one of the world’s fastest-growing economies
Not in my backyard
| by John Dawson
Dallas mayor criminalizes homelessness and those who serve the homeless
West Side story
| by Jamie Dean
Beneath the fnancial frenzy that is Charlotte, urban revitalization remains
Atlantic allies
| by Mindy Belz
From Georges Washington to Bush, Americans find common cause in Casablanca
Big Apple bullish
| by Mindy Belz
The city thrives after 9/11—but healing doesn’t happen in a New York minute
Books, books, books
| by Mark Bergin
Deborah Jacobs is no ordinary librarian at Seattle's new library
Gardening and garbage
| by Priya Abraham
Rapid and unplanned growth means a basic problem for cities like Lusaka
Jerusalem by foot
| by Marvin Olasky
Divided and tense city is less medieval theme park without tour groups
Man about town
| by Mindy Belz
Urban planner Christopher Leerssen on caring about the built environment
Shanghai blues
| by Becky Perry
Migrant laborers fuel China’s boomtown but can’t reap its benefits
The agony of victory
| by Mindy Belz
Daniel Libeskind has had one of the hardest jobs in America
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Culture Beat
Fantasy hyperbole | by John Dawson
Hugely popular 300 is awash in gratuitous gore
Young and in love | by Harrison Scott Key
MTV puts spotlight on youths headed to the altar
Noteworthy books | by Jane Jacobs
Four notable books about the city reviewed by Susan Olasky
Departments
The Buzz
The Buzz Sidebar
Quick Takes
Quotables
Mailbag
Thoughts
Protesting too much | by Joel Belz
Bully tactics could mean the global-warming lobby isn’t on to something
Seedlings in stone | by Makoto Fujimura
Creative visionaries sow renewal and hope in the heart of the city
Troop surge | by Marvin Olasky
The growth of Christianity in China is swift and bigger than we thought
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