A rundown of Nutter's new appointees and their priorities for the city this year.
With a new and much anticipated administration settling into City Hall, many Philadelphians have begun asking anew, "What's possible for this city?" But it's not just us. Urban thinkers, policy makers, developers and marketers in cities across the country are asking the same thing.
And when ABC World News anchor Charles Gibson broadcasts live from Philadelphia to show the rest of the country a "day in the life" of this city's new mayor, you know something is really going on.
Last year, for the first time, more people around the world were living in urban rather than rural areas. The potential consequences of increasing urbanization have put some cities in crisis: water shortages in Las Vegas, wildfires in the San Diego suburbs, an unending squeeze on affordability in New York and San Francisco.
But those aren't the only stories unfolding. An increasing number of urban thinkers and academics see a much more encouraging future for older industrial cities such as Cleveland, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.
We all know the story: As the U.S. industrial economy collapsed over the last half-century, a disproportionate number of cities in the Northeast and Midwest experienced significant population loss, including Philadelphia. This city has lost more than a quarter of its population over the last 50 years. In other cities, the population loss has been worse.
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