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Jeff Speck has dedicated his career to determining what makes cities thrive. And he has boiled it down to one key factor: walkability. The very idea of a modern metropolis evokes visions of bustling sidewalks, vital mass transit, and a vibrant, pedestrian-friendly urban core. But in the typical American city, the car is still king, and downtown is a place that’s easy to drive to but often not worth arriving at. Making walkability happen is relatively easy and cheap; seeing exactly what needs to be done is the trick.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER PULITZER PRIZE WINNER A “heart-stopping account of the events leading up to 9/11” (The New York Times Book Review), this definitive history explains in gripping detail the growth of Islamic fundamentalism, the rise of al-Qaeda, and the intelligence failures that...

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"Cities for Everyone" is from the April 03, 2016 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by Paul Krugman and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

For those who live, work, and play in Bluffdale, Utah

"The City Where I Live and Where Alton Sterling Died" is from the July 11, 2016 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by Christopher J. Tyson and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"City Wages War on Zika in the Lab and on the Street" is from the August 21, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Marc Santora and narrated by Kristi Burns.

No metropolis has been more loved or more hated. To its official boosters, "Los Angeles brings it all together". To detractors, LA is a sunlit mortuary where "you can rot without feeling it". To Mike Davis, the author of this fiercely elegant and wide-ranging work of social history, Los Angeles is both utopia and dystopia, a place where the last Joshua trees are being plowed under to make room for model communities in the desert, where the rich have hired their own police to fend off street gangs, as well as armed Beirut militias.

"Iraqi Forces Breach Mosul City Limits, Heralding Complex Phase in Campaign" is from the January 11, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Tim Arango and Falih Hassan and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

Just minutes after checking into a hotel in Colonia Roma, an eclectic bohemian neighborhood of cafes, galleries and plazas, I head out into this confounding city, to see it on foot, from the ground, to touch it and smell it.

"Soda Taxes Gain Acceptance, City by Revenue-Hungry City" is from the November 26, 2016 United States section of The New York Times. It was written by Anahad O’connor and Margot Sanger Katz and narrated by Paul Ryden.

"For a Welsh City, the Tides Offer Renewal" is from the November 17, 2016 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Stanley Reed and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Customized Songs, with the City as Accompaniment" is from the Arts section of The New York Times. It was written by Alex Vadukul and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"My Journey into Aleppo: Watching a Moonscape of War Turn into a Functioning City" is from the November 08, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Anne Barnard and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"'Doomsday Today in Aleppo': Assad and Russian Forces Bombard City" is from the September 23, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Ben Hubbard and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

"A Physician-Turned-Artist Offers a Diagnosis for Islam's Holiest City" is from the December 02, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Ben Hubbard and narrated by Corey M. Snow.

"Damascus Diary: A City Filled With Life, and Hints of Brutal Death" is from the November 21, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Anne Barnard and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Teslas in the Trailer Park: A California City Faces Its Housing Squeeze" is from the November 13, 2016 United States section of The New York Times. It was written by Conor Dougherty and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"A Gingerbread City Guards Its Spicy Secrets" is from the December 13, 2016 Food section of The New York Times. It was written by Barbara Whitaker and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Tesla Comes to an Artsy New York City Neighborhood" is from the June 02, 2016 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Alex Williams and narrated by Fleet Cooper.