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Sydney’s nighttime economy will be key to post pandemic economic recovery | Mirage News

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on September 16, 2020
  • Uncategorized

Source: Sydney’s nighttime economy will be key to post pandemic economic recovery | Mirage News

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US: Former Kentucky ‘sundown’ town shadowed by racist past

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on September 16, 2020
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More than 100 years after a white mob forced black residents to leave at gunpoint, advocates for racial justice are still working in Corbin, Kentucky. Source: Former Kentucky ‘sundown’ town shadowed by racist past

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Inside NYC’s ghost trains running empty each night for COVID cleaning – New York Daily News

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on September 16, 2020
  • Uncategorized

More than 400 empty ghost trains run across New York City’s 665 miles of subway track each night, the result of Gov. Cuomo’s decision to close the turnstiles to remove homeless riders and scrub down […]

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Australia: Sydney to finally become a true 24-hour city

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on September 16, 2020
  • Uncategorized

It could be said that Sydney’s nightlife has flourished despite, not because of, government policy. Devastating lockout laws forced many of Sydney’s businesses Source: Sydney to finally become a true 24-hour city

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Madrid, Spain: Mujeres y menores podrán solicitar “paradas a demanda” en todas las líneas autobuses nocturnos de la Comunidad | Torrelodones.info

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on September 14, 2020
  • Uncategorized

La Comunidad de Madrid extiende las paradas a demanda para mujeres y menores a toda la red de autobuses nocturnos. La medida, que permite solicitar una parada fuera de las establecidas dentro de la… Source: Mujeres y menores […]

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China: « L’économie nocturne » à la mode pour relancer la consommation

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on September 14, 2020
  • Uncategorized

Source: « L’économie nocturne » à la mode pour relancer la consommation

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“Night moving”: The companies that help people vanish – BBC Worklife

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on September 14, 2020
  • Uncategorized

Each year, some choose to ‘disappear’ and abandon their lives, jobs, homes and families. In Japan, there are companies that can help those looking to escape into thin air. Source: The companies that help people […]

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The Quietus | Features | Craft/Work | Light And The City: Klara Lidén’s Guerrilla Urbanism

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on September 12, 2020
  • Uncategorized

At Sadie Coles in London, the moonwalking, breaking-and-entering Swedish artist Klara Lidén rethinks the architecture of the city in the context of a global pandemic. She talks to Aida Amoako about moving forward while staying […]

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Argentina: Ambulancieros y el terror de trabajar de noche – Diario Hoy En la noticia

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on September 12, 2020
  • Uncategorized

Luego de conocerse el salvaje episodio en el que dos trabajadores de la salud fueron asaltados en La Loma, un chofer denunció que fue víctima de ladrones armados en Tolosa, en el preciso momento en […]

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China: Provincia china de Jiangsu publica directriz para fortalecer la economía nocturna | Spanish.xinhuanet.com

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on September 11, 2020
  • Uncategorized

Source: Provincia china de Jiangsu publica directriz para fortalecer la economía nocturna | Spanish.xinhuanet.com

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  • ‘Nobody’s going out!’ Why is Britain’s nightlife in such decline – and can anything save it?

    May 6, 2026
  • France: Charte de la vie nocturne | Les établissements de nuit du Morbihan labellisés “Label night” – Actus – Actualités – Les services de l’État en Morbihan

    May 5, 2026
  • Colombia: FILBo 2026 abre espacio para debatir la economía cultural y la vida nocturna en Bogotá – HSB NOTICIAS

    May 4, 2026
  • Travelers plan trips around after-dark experiences

    May 4, 2026
  • Kansas City: How a morning dance party offers sober party vibe

    May 2, 2026
  • Nighttime Imaging Grows Landsat’s Science Value – NASA Science

    April 30, 2026
  • Panama: La vida nocturna: El consumo no despega

    April 28, 2026
  • Vichy, France: Tour de vis sur les trottinettes, charte de la vie nocturne, démocratie locale… A Vichy, les 12 premières mesures du nouveau mandat – La Montagne

    April 28, 2026
  • France: Deux nouvelles communes de l’Oise rallument leur lumière la nuit, dont une après une série de vols

    April 28, 2026
  • US: Flagstaff, AZ Travel Guide: Stargazing, Food & Grand Canyon – AFAR

    April 28, 2026
  • US: Denver may let nightclubs stay open later, but leaves last call unchanged | 9news.com

    April 28, 2026
  • France: Pourquoi après les élections municipales, cette ville du Lot a décidé de rallumer la lumière une heure de plus la nuit ? – ladepeche.fr

    April 27, 2026
  • Beyond Brightness: How Lighting Configuration and Urban Context Shape Nighttime Park Use – ScienceDirect

    April 26, 2026
  • Nocturnal Infrastructure | UCL Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment

    April 25, 2026
  • Colombia: Bogotá anuncia millonario apoyo cultural para proyectos en Chapinero

    April 25, 2026
  • France: À Harfleur, l’éclairage nocturne a fait son retour après les municipales… mais à quel coût ?

    April 24, 2026
  • France: “On n’a pas de communes qui nous demandent de rallumer” : le pari réussi de l’extinction nocturne dans la Vienne

    April 24, 2026
  • France: Mouy. La ville rallume les lumières la nuit et supprime des bancs en centre-ville – Oise Hebdo

    April 23, 2026
  • Cities turn streetlights red to protect nocturnal ecosystems | PBS News

    April 22, 2026
  • Mexico: Regresa la vida nocturna: Culiacán se reactiva tras meses de violenciaGrupo Milenio

    April 22, 2026

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THE SPECTRE LIBRARY PRESENTS: The Pulp and Paperback Fiction Reader

Reading and reviewing rare vintage fiction stories

Urban Audiovisual Festival

UAF

Backlots

Night Time Economy

An interdisciplinary research project on cities and the night.

Dr. Stephen Luis Vilaseca

Investigating art and politics in urban space

The Urban Night

An interdisciplinary research project on cities and the night.

Progressive Geographies

Thinking about place and power - a site written and curated by Stuart Elden

deviantleisure

exploring the boundaries of leisure and crime

Armando Silva

Just another WordPress.com weblog

Toby Bennett

Urban Sound Space

researching music-making in Wellington and Copenhagen

C'est toi ma Ville

Mon regard sur Montréal

Geografia Crítica

Laboratório de Prática de Ensino para professores de Geografia

nocionescomunes.wordpress.com/

urbanculturalstudies

the culture(s) of cities... space, time and urban everyday life

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