Jane Jacobs, born in Scranton in 1916, wrote the seminal 1961 book “The Death and Life of Great American Cities,” ...

This article was originally published on Common Edge. In 1956, when car ownership and the suburban development that this enabled were just being embraced as American cultural ideals, pioneering ...

This article was originally published on Common Edge. Cities need to prepare for a wave of declining houses of worship. While faith institutions, at least the Christian ones, have been asking WWJD ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Crumbling highways. A housing shortage. Broken infrastructure. America is stuck. But the pendulum may be ready to swing. By Michael Kimmelman Over its several decades, the show’s setting has always ...