There's a new article in Living Room's *Suburbia Project* online today.
Go to http://www.living-room.org/suburbia/deadend.htm and reead
19-year-old Josh McGinn's reflections on growing up in a vanishing
suburb...then stay to read more articles on Sustainable Cities, Bicycle
Commuting, and the Suburban Experience at http://www.living-room.org.

Thank you,

Richard Risemberg, Editor
--
Richard Risemberg
http://www.living-room.org
http://www.newcolonist.com

"Life is complicated and not for the timid."
					 Garrison Keillor

Hello All--

The August issue of The New Colonist, featuring *Small Towns* as its
theme, is now online and available at http://www.newcolonist.com.  Read
articles on Altoona, Nevada City, Alamogordo, and other burgs, discover
small towns hidden in big cities, and enjoy plenty of great photography,
as well as the usual editorials and reviews, in the latest issue of The
New Colonist today!

Thank you,

Richard Risemberg
Production Editor
http://newcolonist.com
--
Richard Risemberg
http://www.living-room.org
http://www.newcolonist.com

"Life is complicated and not for the timid."
					 Garrison Keillor

The New Colonist, the online magazine of city living, announces its
July  issue today, featuring articles on Starbucks, classic train
stations, stadium welfare, and the 24-Hr. Church of Elvis, along with
the usual letters, reviews and editorials.  See it all at
http://www.newcolonist.com today!
--
Richard Risemberg
http://www.living-room.org
http://www.newcolonist.com

"Life is complicated and not for the timid."
					 Garrison Keillor

A new article by Tara MacDonald in The Suburbia Project, at
http://www.living-room.org/suburbia/redhouse.htm,
and another by Will Stewart in The sustainability Archive, at
http://www.living-room.org/sustain/doit.htm.

Richard
--
Richard Risemberg
http://www.living-room.org
http://www.newcolonist.com

"Life is complicated and not for the timid."
					 Garrison Keillor

The New Colonist's June issue is online now at

	 http://www.newcolonist.com

This month features editorials, essays, and most of our regular
features, as well as another in our series of Street Food articles, and
focuses on Gay Life in the City.  Read it all at
http://www.newcolonist.com.

Richard
--
Richard Risemberg
http://www.living-room.org
http://www.newcolonist.com

"Life is complicated and not for the timid."
					 Garrison Keillor

The May issue of New Colonist is now available at
http://www.newcolonist.com.  Our featured city for this month is Tokyo,
so click on over to read the stories of this immense megalopolis where
corporate monoliths co-exist side-by-side with ramshackle noodle shops,
and businessmen bicycle to the bullet train stop.

Rounding out the issue are our usual features, editorials, and lifestyle
stories...all at The New Colonist.

		 http://www.newcolonist.com
--
Richard Risemberg
http://www.living-room.org
http://www.newcolonist.com

"Life is complicated and not for the timid."
					 Garrison Keillor

Go to http://www.living-room.org for two new stories:

	 A Question of Fear, by Wood Turner, in The Suburbia Project, and
	 Garbage to Live By, from Art Montague, in The Sustainability Archive.

You will find them both listed in our What's New page at
http://www.living-room.org/whatsnew.htm

Please stay and browse the rest of Living Room for more news and views
on bicycling, sustainability, and suburbia.

Thank you,

Richard Risemberg
--
Richard Risemberg
http://www.living-room.org
http://www.newcolonist.com

"Life is complicated and not for the timid."
					 Garrison Keillor

The biggest issue yet of The New Colonist is online and available now at
http://www.newcolonist.com.  This month's theme is Carfree Cities, and
contributors include James Howard Kunstler, J. H. Crawford, Oscar
Edmundo Diaz, and many many others; you will also find editorials,
reviews, and all our usual columns.  Go to http://www.newcolonist.com
today, and catch a glimpse of tomorrow.

Richard
--
Richard Risemberg
http://www.living-room.org
http://www.newcolonist.com

"Life is complicated and not for the timid."
					 Garrison Keillor

My apologies to all who tried to access Living Room over the last
couple of days.  DNS problems resulting from some technical changes
with the webhost knocked us offline for a short while.  We are now
back at http://www.living-room.org.

Richard

Robert Blum's short story of a suburban visit is now online at
http://living-room.org/suburbia.  Read it today, then stay to view the
rest of Living Room, including The Bike People, The Suburbia Project,
and the Sustainability Archives, at http://www.living-room.org.

Richard
--
Richard Risemberg
http://www.living-room.org
http://www.newcolonist.com

"Life is complicated and not for the timid."
					 Garrison Keillor

The March, 2001, issue of The New Colonist is online now at
http://www.newcolonist.com.  This month's featured city is Washington,
D.C., and you may be surprised by the love the city inspires in its
permanent residents and perceptive visitors.  Learn what life is like in
the shadows of power, and how the US capitol is one of the more diverse
and attractive cities in the country it governs.

Richard
--
Richard Risemberg
http://www.living-room.org
http://www.newcolonist.com

"Life is complicated and not for the timid."
					 Garrison Keillor

I am happy to announce that an evocative and highly pertinent article
by Simon Baddeley is now online at Living Room.  Read his musings on
time, technology, children, bicycles, and the good things in life at:

           http://www.living-room.org/sustain/wired.htm

And then visit the rest of Living Room through our homepage at:

           http://www.living-room.org

Thank you,

Richard Risemberg
Editor

January's issue of The New Colonist, Living Room's sister publication,
is online now, with Boston as its featured city and two articles by
Jane Holtz Kay, the author of "Asphalt Nation" and herself a resident
of Boston.

Also included are articles on the treasures in trash, the history of
the Ben Avon streetcar suburb, and famed new York City nightclub,
Max's Kansas City, as well as the usual regular features and
editorials.

See what's new at http://www.newcolonist.com!

Richard

Living Room's sister publication, The New Colonist, has just put its
December issue online.  This month the Featured City is New York!
Articles cover the usual development and transport issues as well as
certain theems that are, let us say, "unique" to the Big Apple.  So
click on http://www.newcolonist.com and start readin' already--whatcha
waiting for, buddy?

Richard

Richard Risemberg, editor of Living Room and co-editor of New
Colonist, will be online live tonight at 6:30pm Pacific Time
(14:30GMT) to discuss possible effects of the yesterday's United
States election on urban sustainability issues.  Richard and New
Colonist publisher Eric Miller will be available for one hour to
answer questions and participate in discussions on the results of the
elections and what they bode for transport, development,
sustainability, economic and environmental justice, and other issues.

This discusion is sponsored by The New Colonist at
http://www.newcolonist.com.  The New Colonist is an online pulication
exploring all aspects of city living, from the pleasurable to the
problematic, with a strong emphasis on sustainability.  To participate
in the discussion, you must join the New Colonist Discussion Forum by
going to http://www.egroups.com/group/newcolonist.  Once you have
joined, you will receive group postings, you will yourself be able to
post, and you'll be able to participate in the full range of group
activities.  To join us in this evening's chat, simply click on the
"Chat" link in the menu bar to the left at 14:30GMT (6:30
Pacific Time) tonight.

A new issue of Living Room Urban Ecology webzine is up at
http://www.living-room.org.  Go to our What's New page and check out
articles by Texas transportation professional P. M. Summer on bicycle
safety and by teenager Kerry Miller on suburban stereotypes and why
they don't always hold true.  Then stay a while and browse our
ever-growing archives of articles on sustainability, the suburbs, and
bicycle commuting.

Richard

Living Room's sister publication, New Colonist, has put its November
issue online, with Toronto as featured city, plus cityguides,
editorials, and essays having to do with urban life and
sustainability.  Go to http://www.newcolonist.com and see what's new
at New Colonist!

Bicycle commuting with your toddlers seems to be this issue's theme,
as articles by Richard Briones-Coleman and Elena Margo explain in the
Bikepeople section of the site.  Go to the What's New page at
http://www.living-room.org/whatsnew.htm and follow the links to
"Noisy
Load" and "Smile When It Rains," then stay and browse the various
archives.

And Living Room's sister publication, The New Colonist, has just
posted its October issue, with Los Angeles as the featured city.
View
our numerous articles, essays, surverys, and guides at
http://www.newcolonist.com.

Richard

The latest issue of Living Room Urban Ecology Webzine is online now
at
  http://www.living-room.org.  Please go to the What's New page at
http://www.living-room.org/whatsnew.htm for links to two amusing and
very pertinent articles by Chip Haynes of Clearwater, Florida.

Thank you,

Richard Risemberg
Editor/Publisher, http://www.living-room.org
Editor/Webmaster, http://www.newcolonist.com

I am pleased to announce a new magazine in the spirit of Living Room,
but with a somehwat different focus.  Please visit The New Colonist,
described below:

Can cities save the world?  Can we save the cities of the world?
Come
to The New Colonist to learn of the pleasures, problems, and
possibilities of city living, and help build a community of people
who
are building community in the great cities of the globe.

The July 2000 issue of New Colonist is available online now at
http://www.newcolonist.com, and features:
· city guides
· urban living surveys
· critical essays
· books
· articles and features on every aspect of city life, from the
comical to the cosmic.

The premier issue includes articles on music in New Orleans, the
history of Idora Park in Youngstown, the revival of Chattanooga,
Chicago and its suburbs, laundromat etiquette, and much much more.
Especially notable is a series of  essays on July's featured city of
San Francisco, where The New Colonist explores restaurants, housing,
and the reborn trolley system.  In addition, each city's information
page includes an interactive survey where its residents can tell New
Colonist about their neighborhoods and shape the future content of
the
listing.

Plan your vacation, discover your neighborhood's history, or learn
how
to save the planet: visit The New Colonist at
http://www.newcolonist.com.

Richard Risemberg
Editor/Webmaster
Living Room
The New Colonist
http://www.newcolonist.com

I am pleased to announce a new magazine in the spirit of Living Room,
but with a somehwat different focus.  Please visit The New Colonist,
described below:

Can cities save the world?  Can we save the cities of the world?
Come
to The New Colonist to learn of the pleasures, problems, and
possibilities of city living, and help build a community of people
who
are building community in the great cities of the globe.

The July 2000 issue of New Colonist is available online now at
http://www.newcolonist.com, and features:
· city guides
· urban living surveys
· critical essays
· books
· articles and features on every aspect of city life, from the
comical to the cosmic.

The premier issue includes articles on music in New Orleans, the
history of Idora Park in Youngstown, the revival of Chattanooga,
Chicago and its suburbs, laundromat etiquette, and much much more.
Especially notable is a series of  essays on July's featured city of
San Francisco, where The New Colonist explores restaurants, housing,
and the reborn trolley system.  In addition, each city's information
page includes an interactive survey where its residents can tell New
Colonist about their neighborhoods and shape the future content of
the
listing.

Plan your vacation, discover your neighborhood's history, or learn
how
to save the planet: visit The New Colonist at
http://www.newcolonist.com.

Richard Risemberg
Editor/Webmaster
Living Room
The New Colonist
http://www.newcolonist.com

Simon Baddeley's "White Feathers" examines issues of courage,
responsibility, and joy in urban living in the Sustainability
department of Living Room.

http://www.living-room.org/sustain/feathers.htm

Richard Risemberg
Editor
Living Room
http://www.living-room.org

There's a new article in Living Room's Bikepeople department.  In A
Long Way to Go (http://www.living-room.org/bikepeople/togo.htm),
Canadian Jane Skinner wonders why more people don't bicycle rather
than drive, when it's so easy for her and her elderly neighbor.  A
welcome touch of the real world in the great transport debate!

Richard Risemberg
Editor
Living Room

I am pleased to announce another article in the Suburbia Project,
this
time by Michael Ayers, who describes his evolution from backseat
driver to teenage motorist to freeway commuter to carfree-living
advocate.  Go to http://www.living-room.org/suburbia/breakout.htm to
see how he did it!

Thank you all,

Richard Risemberg
Editor
Living Room

See Simon Baddeley's article on Cutting Car Use in Living Room today.
  Please go to http://www.living-room.org/bikepeople/cutting.htm.

Richard Risemberg, Editor
Living Room
http://www.living-room.org

Pictures of the trams of San Francisco have been added to the article,
"Coming Round Again," at http://www.living-room.org/sustain/trolley.htm.

Richard

Corrected link for the new issiue of Living Room:
http://www.living-room.org/whatsnew.htm

(Email formatting problems--my apologies.)

Richard
--
Richard Risemberg
rickrise@...
Living Room Urban Ecology webzine: http://www.living-room.org
"There is more to life than increasing its speed."  (Gandhi)

Here it is, only a couple of months late: a new issue of Living Room
with two articles by Eric Miller.  Go to http://www.living-room.org/wha
tsnew.htm and follow the links to

	 Downtown: Getting America's Attention, and
	 Coming Round Again: the Streetcars of San Francisco

Richard Risemberg, Editor

The September 1999 issue of Living Room is FINALLY online, with
apologies and two new articles in the Sustainability department.
First, Eric Miller describes the evolution of a San Francisco
neighborhood in Time, Space, and Sidewalks, then George Mokray epxlains
why you have to Talk to the Janitors if you want to come clean when
implementing sustainable practices in your shop or office.  Link to
them both from the What's New page at http://www.living-room.org/whatsn
ew.htm.

Our archives are now better than ever, and you can still join the Urban
Ecology Discussion Forum from the links on the Living Room homepage at
http://www.living-room.org.

Richard Risemberg
Editor, Living Room

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