:: Sister city featured on municipal signage on December 6, 1941- Mihara City, Japan :: Sister city featured on municipal signage as of December 9, 1941- Newcastle, England :: Hanna-Barbera animator Clark E. Pantuso reportedly modeled the design for the…
Links: Future, Malls, Decline
:: Man of Action (1955) Animated plea for urban renewal connected with 1950s efforts to “redevelop” American city centers. (Prelinger Archives) :: Our Urban Future Sometime in 2008, the world will cross an invisible but momentous milestone: the point at…
Commentary: Eulogy for Mr. John Doe
Something a bit different today- It’s not the typical historical account or listing of facts about the City generally seen here, but rather a personal account of life in the City. We wholeheartedly encourage you to send your Commentary pieces…
Our Sister Cities: Ushuaia
Many American cities have ‘sister cities’ all over the world, and we are no exception. In fact, our city is nominally partnered with municipalities from every continent except Antarctica. And we’re not very far from having a partner down there,…
Friday Facts: Only Eight So Far (Fingers Crossed)
:: For the fourth time in ten years, the number of homicides is equal to less than half of the days in the year at this point. Police Commissioner Nelson Apperbee will be holding a press conference to celebrate this…
Something that you should watch
Invisible City (Supermasterpiece.com) A 5-minute black and white noir-ish television program about a city in which everyone is invisible. Sadly, it only lasted two episodes. Of course (as we’re always looking on the bright side at The City Desk), this…
Oh, You Never Knew It! – Jan. 17
:: In 1918, an accident at the Jackson Independent Pharmaceutical Company caused a tank to burst, releasing 1.7 million gallons of the company’s patented Menth-O-Lux mentholated topical creme (a similar but different-enough-so-as-to-avoid-legal-action competitor to Vicks VapoRub) down Pikers Hill, in…