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Mike Glass @m-r-glass.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I'm honored to receive these awards from SACRPH, an organization that has done so much to support myself, @brentcebul.bsky.social, and other young urban scholars. 🎉🥳🍾🥂 Looking forward to celebrating with folks in Cincy!! @pennpress.bsky.social sacrph.org/awards/past2...

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Stephanie Frank @franklyurban.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Amen. Love, Actually is my answer too. Kevin nails it, as per usual.

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Luci Marzola @lucimarz.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Just like Hollywood, we successfully launched something new, so we're making a sequel! Very excited for #HollywoodConference2027. Let us know if you have questions!

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Christine Cipriani @christinecipriani.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Lovely remembrance of Tom Hines by Paul Makovsky. I spent a lovely afternoon w/Tom in L.A., where he gave me his signature tour of Wilshire Blvd (I drove, he talked) & told me about the time he took Ada Louise Huxtable--at her insistence--to In-N-Out Burger. www.architectmagazine.com/design/the-m...

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The man who changed how we see American modernism.

Discover the legacy of Thomas S. Hines, the architectural historian who reshaped American modernism. Read how his scholarship changed architecture.

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Stephanie Frank @franklyurban.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

I met Alison at a SACRPH conference about 20 years ago, early in my PhD program, and she was so kind and generous. Humbled to help organize and participate in the inaugural dissertation colloquium in Alison’s name at the Oct 2026 SACRPH conference with two of her doctoral students.

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Dylan Gottlieb @dygottlieb.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

In today's @nytimes.com, I went deep on yuppies -- the young professionals who are now so ubiquitous that we've ceased to notice them.

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Dylan Gottlieb @dygottlieb.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

They're here, and they're spectacular. Thanks to all for your help over the decade-plus it's taken to get here.

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Alyssa Ribeiro @riverlys.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

If you are in Philadelphia next weekend, come hear me speak at this event at Taller Puertorriqueno at 1pm on Saturday, April 11

Graphic: Remembering the Sin Colonias March of 1976 / A Two-Part Panel Discussion, Part I - Voices from la Lucha 1976

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Commission of Dark Arts 🧱🗃️ @jgbollard.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Well, it's a pleasure to announce that the National Park Service has installed another one of the waysides I researched, wrote, and designed. This one is about Tenleytown, and is located right on Wisconsin Avenue at historic Grant Road. 🗃️

A Crossroads, Then and Today
You are here.
Why?

Have you thought the people who have walked down Wisconsin Avenue before?
Not just yesterday, or last year, but one hundred years ago, or four hundred?

This sidewalk may simply be on your way to shopping or the
path you take to the Metro, but the path it follows is ancient.
The buses on Wisconsin Avenue follow their routes up the
same ridgeline that Piscataway traders took as they carried
goods from the Potomac, participating in an exchange that
reached Canada. With the arrival of Europeans, tobacco,
fertilizer, and enslaved people traversed the same ground.
Stagecoaches, soldiers, streetcars, and automobiles came in
the years that followed. It can be hard to see the traces of the
past in the busy streets, but take a minute to think about why
you are here, in Tenleytown.

In the 1780s, siblings John and Sarah Tennally opened a tavern
where the road that is now Wisconsin Avenue crested its
ridgeline and forked. This rest stop grew into the community
that is commemorated in the nearby mural: Tenleytown.
At first, the village was a center of rural life. The arrival of
streetcars in the 1890s turned it into neighborhood of
Washington. In the 1900s, the government built a firehouse,
and schools like Janney, Murch, and Jackson-Reed.

Tenleytown is home to D.C.’s highest point: a hill that
rises 409 feet above sea level. During the Civil War, the Union’s
Fort Reno guarded the capital from this vantage point. When
the soldiers left, mixed-race community called Reno grew up
on the site. Beginning in the 1920s, this town was cleared by
segregationists to make room for Fort Reno Park, water towers,
and the Alice Deal School. The Reno School was a cornerstone
of this community and one of the few traces that survives.

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bettybarcode (she/her) @bettybarcode.com · 08/03/2026

In honor of International Women's Day, a pioneering history of women in American city planning that is now 25 years old! www.upress.umn.edu/978081663532...

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How Women Saved The City

Reclaims the lost history of women’s contributions to the development of American cities In the days between the Civil War and World War I, women rarely ...

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Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Technicians spent more than a week scanning and stabilizing “Gugusse and the Automaton" – which features, by the way, the first known moving image of what might be called a robot – so that it can now be enjoyed by anyone online!

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Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

In September, a box of old film reels was donated to the Library's National Audio-Visual Conservation Center. One of them was a nearly 130-year-old, long-lost film by iconic French filmmaker George Méliès. It had not been seen by anyone in likely more than a century. 🧵 blogs.loc.gov/loc/2026/02/...

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Lost 19th century film by Méliès discovered at the Library | Timeless

Library conservators recently made a startling discovery in a batch of decaying film reels -- a long-lost 1897 film by early cinema icon George Méliès. The French magician-turned-filmmaker's

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Mike Glass @m-r-glass.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

I'm looking forward to this Zoom book event next week with @marksouther.bsky.social and @benchansfield.bsky.social. Would love to see some of you there! Registration link here: princeton.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Stephanie Frank @franklyurban.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Hurry, less than two weeks to submit proposals for the Alison Isenberg Dissertation Colloquium at the Society for American City and Regional Planning History (SACRPH) Conference on Oct 15 in Cincinnati! Proposals for the colloquium and conference due March 1. Please share.

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Urban History Association (the official account) @urbanhistorya.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Our colleagues at SACRPH are launching the Alison Isenberg Dissertation Colloquium, to be held in conjunction with their National Conference on Planning History, in Cincinnati, Ohio. To learn more and to apply, click here: themetropole.blog/2026/01/14/c...

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Call for Applications: Inaugural Alison Isenberg Dissertation Colloquium

Call for Student Applications University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OhioThursday, October 15, 2026Applications due: March 1, 2026 The Society for American City and Regional Planning History (SACRPH…

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Stephanie Frank @franklyurban.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Are you a PhD student working on a dissertation that engages with the history of the city or metropolitan planning (anytime or place)? Apply to participate in the inaugural Alison Isenberg Dissertation Colloquium at the SACRPH Conference in Cincinnati on Oct 15! Please repost and share offline.

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Dylan Gottlieb @dygottlieb.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Are you a PhD student studying urban or metropolitan history? Apply to join the inaugural Alison Isenberg Dissertation Colloquium that we're running at the SACRPH conference this October. Come for the snacks, stay for the mentorship, camaraderie, and writing help.

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Mauricio Castro @castrohistorian.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Folks, Centre's History Program is hiring a two-year visitor. It's a great opportunity to get a couple of years of really good teaching experience. Share widely, please! networks.h-net.org/jobs/69669/c...

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Centre College - Two-year Visiting Assistant Professor of History | H-Net

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@LAhistory @lahistory.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

In October, panelists at the #UHA2025LA conference presented the "Sunset Over Sunset" project, based on the famous #SunsetBlvd photos of #EdRuscha. In addition to Ed Ruscha's photos, the project site features various essays about this historic street. www.sunsetoversunset.org #HistorySky #LosAngeles

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Sunset Over Sunset

Explore the histories of Los Angeles's iconic Sunset Boulevard through the photographs of artist Ed Ruscha.

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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

If you want to celebrate the life of Rob Reiner tonight and you haven't seen it, the documentary about his best friend, ALBERT BROOKS: DEFENDING MY LIFE, is as much about Brooks as it is Reiner's love for his lifelong best friend. As fall down hilarious as it is sweet & touching. It's a must see.

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Jordan Hirsch @mrjordanhirsch.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

After my dad’s health forced him to retire, I spent a decade organizing his research and uncollected writing, finishing after he died in 2018. Now @tomsugrue.bsky.social has edited this volume of it (and written a great intro) for @uchicagopress.bsky.social. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

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Segregating Cities

Collects critical essays by the author of Making the Second Ghetto. Arnold R. Hirsch (1949–2018) was one of the preeminent urban historians of his generation, a reputation cemented by his landmark b...

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Brian Jacobson @bleudeciel.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

We are hiring in American History - TT open rank search applications.caltech.edu/jobs/history

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Charlotte Leib @charlotte-leib.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Thanks @urbanhistorya.bsky.social for the opportunity to write, about #birds #envhist #urbanhist and #light! 🐧 🐦 🐤 🕯️ 💡 ⚡️

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Jay Hightman @jay.hightman.org · 19/10/2025

I am posting this in the hope my followers in Maryland and the surrounding area have knowledge of this car and its driver. Maryland woman killed in hit-and-run; police release suspect vehicle details

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Maryland woman killed in hit-and-run; police release suspect vehicle details

Officials are seeking the public's help in a hit-and-run which left one woman dead.

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David Rotenstein, Curator, Shrouded in Secrecy Archives @davidrotenstein.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Any academics out there privileged enough to have access to Taylor & Francis willing to send PDF: Appler, Douglas R. “Affordable Housing in National Register Districts: Recognizing the Advantages of Historic Urban Neighborhoods in Louisville and Covington, Kentucky, USA.” Journal of Urbanism, 2016.

Appler, Douglas R. “Affordable Housing in National Register Districts: Recognizing the Advantages of Historic Urban Neighborhoods in Louisville and Covington, Kentucky, USA.” Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability, Routledge, July 2, 2016. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17549175.2015.1056209.

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Russ The Tedious Ghost @russ41.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Now through this weekend, I'll donate $1 to @51st.news for each: - person who reposts this post - new follower @51st.news ws gets - new follower @maustermuhle.bsky.social gets - new follower @christurdisani.bsky.social gets - new follower I get And tag/DM me your donation = I'll match it 1:1.

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Luci Marzola @lucimarz.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

The Hollywood Conference is just over a week away and we have our full schedule up on our website. It's going to be so much fun (for an academic conference)! #HWC25 thehollywoodconference.com

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Becky Nicolaides @beckynic7.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

In midst of one of LA's most intense, challenging summers, we're busy planning for UHA2025LA in Oct. I'm esp excited to announce this panel on Literary LA. It's open to public and all conference attendees. LA's writer community is warmly invited to attend! www.urbanhistory.org/Literary-LA

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Urban History Association - Literary LA

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Kathryn Holliday @kehcalling.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Historic Preservation job in my hometown - the Preservation Resource Center is in such a lovely Gothic Revival warehouse by the GNO bridge. Great opportunity to help make preservation work in New Orleans! preservenet.org/job/preserva...

Photograph of a three-story warehouse building with Gothic revival details on the second and third stories, and cast iron columns with wide doors between them on the ground floor

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 23/06/2025

i'm in a movie theater (using my phone because it's 15 minutes before showtime, i'm not an animal) and it is tepidly cool in here at best. what is happening to this country if our movie theaters aren't a bone chillingly frigid escape from the blazing summer heat anymore

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Charlie Dog! @charlietotherescue.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

PAW Partnership for Animal Welfare Greenbelt, MD 20770 (301) 572-4729 Click on pic for details:

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🐾ADOPT or FOSTER RAYNE🐾

🐶🌸 💜This stunning girl has a heart of gold! 🐶🌸💜

If RAYNE were a human, she would be a supermodel...but she would run, not walk, down the runway! She is a willowy young girl with long thin legs and a beautiful face framed by perfectly shaped and expressive brows. Rayne has a sweet demeanor, she loves to move, and she loves getting scratches; especially behind her ears. She is a joyful pup - with a happy and loving nature.

Rayne was rescued from PG County's euthanasia list and now she needs to find people to give her the life she deserves. Rayne LOVES to walk, run, fetch a ball, and play. She is a girl with energy and would be great for active adopters who enjoy hikes or long walks. She would do best with a fenced yard to play in. Rayne is eager to learn and eager to bond. Her ideal adopter will work with her on training - and she is smart so she will learn quickly.

She loves to ride in the car, enjoys the fresh air on her face, and the feeling of adventure! She wags her tail when other dogs pass. Rayne is looking to find a home where she can run and play and then rest easy in the comfort and safety of her forever home. ❤️

🐕 If you are interested in adopting RAYNE please go to
to submit an application and/or feel free to message with any questions. https://paw-rescue.org/adopt/

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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Re: my last two posts: Please come to my zoom talk — Case Logics: Furnishing a Bureaucratic Implosion" — on Thurs, May 8, at 5pm ET! We'll talk about Oval Office bling, Mar-a-Lago banquet table grift, the executive order tiny desk, the filing cabinets of civil service, and community card catalogs!

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Dr. Shannon Mattern on Case Logics: Furnishing a Bureaucratic Implosion

During this virtual event, Dr. Shannon Mattern will present Case Logics: Furnishing a Bureaucrat, followed by an audience Q and A session.

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Sara C. Bronin @sarabronin.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

WE'RE HIRING: We're continuing to expand our geographic scope & doing a hiring round for zoning/GIS analysts and preservation people. We tend to close applications very quickly, so please pass this on to interested folks &/or send in inquiries/letters of interest at your earliest convenience! 👩‍💻🗺️🏛️

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People's Book @peoplesbooktakoma.com · 26/04/2025

Happy Independent Bookstore Day! Y'all are showin' up right at 9am! ❤️ We appreciate you so much! @americanbookseller.bsky.social Can't make it to the store today? No worries! Share this post and be entered into a raffle for a gift card! Woot woot!! 🎉🎉

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 19/03/2025

The great Bruce Willis turns 70 years old today. For @vanityfair.com, I talked to Samuel L. Jackson, Bonnie Bedelia, and Glenn Gordon Caron, and wrote about why I think he's one of our most underrated and versatile actors. www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...

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Heartthrob, Hero, Closet Intellectual: The Many Faces of Bruce Willis

As Willis turns 70, costars like Samuel L. Jackson and Bonnie Bedelia pay tribute to one of Hollywood’s most surprising leading men: a movie star with the searching spirit of a true artist.

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Sarah Marsom @sarahmarsom.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

A big thank you to NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR PRESERVATION EDUCATION for asking me to moderate conversations on shifting preservation practices - I am excited to kick off this series with Andrea R. Roberts, PhD tomorrow. Register: lnkd.in/e6NMVMkv

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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: NCPE Meeting: Shifting Preservation Pedagogy. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

A conversation with Dr. Andrea Roberts and Sarah Marsom

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Stephanie Frank @franklyurban.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

This was all pre Oscars. Movies this weekend!

Movie posters for Flow, The Wild Robot, Skincare, and Passages. All but Passages have hearts below, indicating I liked them.

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Carolina A. Miranda @cmonstah.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

The Oscars isn’t really about anointing the best picture. It’s just hoping the most annoying picture doesn’t win.

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Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

hulu collapsing during the oscars is a collision of both ways streaming broke communal entertainment sean baker gives speech about how streaming has disrupted film as a communal experience (physical space) meanwhile, hulu stops working and breaks the tv communal space (simultaneous experience)

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Urban History Association (the official account) @urbanhistorya.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

"The Rome in both Gladiator films is a landscape of monumental architecture subtly but pervasively inflected by fascist styles ... this version of antiquity became ever more firmly constructed as a white legacy, a vehicle for and proof of white greatness." Grace Gillies on the Rome of Gladiator

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Building the Golden City: Rome in the Gladiator Films

Editor’s Note: This is the second post in The Metropole’s theme for February 2025 “Celluloid City” which explores the role of and interplay between cities and film. You can …

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