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Style Across America: Touching Down in Cincinnati: according to Esquire, in Cincinnati a grilled cheese sandwich counts as style.

12 Reasons I Love Cincinnati: a pretty good list, although I have to respectfully disagree about the local food scene.

General Electric’s Generic Building: Aaron Betsky doesn’t like a building proposed for GE in downtown Cincinnati.

Fellows Riverside Gardens: this garden in Youngstown seems pretty amazing.

Downtown Detroit Revival Has Rocker Ready to Roll Out: “Authenticity is a commodity just like real estate is a commodity.”

This “Brooklyn Girls” Music Video Will Make You Want to Move Back to Ohio: some hipster chick from Virginia Beach attempts to create an anthem for female Brooklynites; awkward hilarity ensues.

My Brooklyn, Then and Now: an actual Brooklyn native opines about his borough.

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Avondale Pride: check out the process behind this new Cincinnati mural by our good friend and talented painter Cedric Michael Cox.

Youngstown: 5chw4r7z shares photos of his hometown.

Emergency Architecture: Occupy Caracas: life in a high-rise squat.

Flowers of War: Seed Bombing Gets Political: urban gardening in Brighton & Hove.

High Line Inspires Philly: Philadelphia jumps on the elevated park bandwagon.

Evicted Coney Island Businesses Get New Lease: for the moment, some good news for Coney Island.

Looking Back at How It Used to Be: 70’s New York: a collection of fascinating old videos.