A conservative Christian take on cities

The website Cyburbia calls our attention to some articles in recent issues of The World, a "conservative" Christian magazine published by the Unification Church (when it was weekly, I believe they included copies with subscriptions to the Washington Times.

- High BIDs | With cities in financial trouble, public-private improvement districts are finding ways to flourish

-Issue: "Cities of God and Man" March 27, 2010
• Centers of the Battle

• Savannah, Georgia: How an Old World planner created one of the country's most enduring cities > full story

• New Orleans, Louisiana: New Orleans is anything but a nonplace > full story

• Detroit, Michigan: The Motor City is facing hard times, but there's more to Detroit than decay > full story

• Brooklyn, New York: Post-Kelo laws haven't stopped the use of eminent domain by developers > full story

• Port-au-Prince, Haiti: Port-au-Prince is a city desperately seeking turnaround—and that's before the earthquake > full story