United Nations - Major US cities including New York, Washington, Atlanta, and New Orleans have levels of economic inequality that rival cities in Africa, according to a UN report published today.

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Cabrini-Green was once called America’s worst slum high rise housing projects. Now with some help from a heap of dynamite the failed monolith is finally history. What is to replace it is a mixed income human scaled community.

The Chicago Housing Authority is executing a whole new vision for the city. See a link to video of new replacement housing etc. here.

Also in Chicago, Ida B. Wells homes are slated for demolition, but this doc tells of its former life from the inside.

Gang Leader for a Day is a book by Sudhir Venkatesh about researching the Robert Taylor Homes. Built over 40 years ago, all 53 projects are slated for demolition by 2009. Many are already gone. Robert Taylor Homes housed around 27,000, when the demolition is done about 40,000 people will be displaced. Hear Sudhir talk about the book on NPR here. Along with an accompanying book review.

It was seven years ago today. In memorium of when gay pagan musicians were still capable of ruling the skies of NYC. Those days are, of course, all over.

Enjoy the Silence, by Depeche Mode makes you remember the twin towers they stood atop. In retrospect ‘Enjoy the Silence’ seems a regretable title.

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Chris Dauber is a well know Toronto impresario and entrepreneur who made his wealth on the well known gay dating site Manline. Recently, he has diversified into the arts scene and is happy to launch his web site thephotographerphotographer.com. Simply put, it is dedicated to photos of people taking photos. He is currently seeking quality submissions. Here are a few sample shots of Mr. Dauber, himself taking some shots off his Ferrari in Alaska, taken by photographer Eamon MacMahon, a Cityspk photographer friend.

This is Aaron Draplin telling a story about an old motel sign in a video clip from an upcoming doc. He’s a graphic designer and very passionate about what he does. Strong language- mostly lots of F words. If you like design stuff you gotta check out his site. draplin.com