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Amanda Kolson Hurley

Amanda Kolson Hurley  is a senior editor at CityLab at The Atlantic and the author of Radical Suburbs. Her writing has appeared in The Washington Post, CNN, Architect, and elsewhere.

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He Contained Multitudes

Exploring the psychology of an iconoclastic architect

by Amanda Kolson Hurley | Tuesday, September 03, 2019
Reimagining Suburbia

Reimagining Suburbia

What if the world’s greatest architects began looking beyond the city limits?

by Amanda Kolson Hurley | Monday, September 07, 2015

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2nd Look

Where Does American History Begin?

by Ted Widmer

In honor of the Fourth of July, we’re revisiting Ted Widmer’s 2008 piece “Where Does American History Begin?” For many, the obvious answer is in 1776 Philadelphia, with the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Others might argue that hints of modern America emerged in the Jamestown and Plymouth settlements. But America’s true beginnings, Widmer writes, go back much further.

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