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Nightlife is the soul of cities — and ‘night mayors’ are its keepers in this coronavirus pandemic

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on March 27, 2020
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The nightlife sector was operating in crisis mode since before the current pandemic, and global strategizing for the future of after-dark industries is already well underway. Source: Nightlife is the soul of cities — and […]

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Miami commissioners pass a curfew as COVID-19 spreads | Miami Herald

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on March 26, 2020
  • Uncategorized

The city of Miami will enact a 10 p.m. curfew starting Friday night, creating the most severe restrictions yet for the city’s more than 460,000 residents as government leaders push to curb the spread of […]

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Montreal – Maisonneuve | Zoned Out

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on March 24, 2020
  • Uncategorized

Music put Montreal on the map, writes Adam Kovac, but the city isn’t returning the favour. Source: Maisonneuve | Zoned Out

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On a subdued Saturday evening, The Hague elects a new night mayor

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on March 24, 2020
  • Uncategorized

Last weekend, just before the lockdown, Pat Smith was duly elected to the post of night mayor, which he will hold for two years. Source: On a subdued Saturday evening, The Hague elects a new […]

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The Fight to Curb a Health Scourge in India: Noise Pollution

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on March 23, 2020
  • Uncategorized

A grassroots anti-noise movement aims to silence a serious urban health threat. Not everyone is on board. Source: The Fight to Curb a Health Scourge in India: Noise Pollution

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Zagreb, Dubrovnik, Sibenik & Rovinj Feature in Cities in 4K ‘Stay at Home’ Video

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on March 23, 2020
  • Uncategorized

A really nice compilation from the guys at Cities in 4K, featuring four Croatian cities as well as many others. While we can’t travel, stay at home and dream. Source: Zagreb, Dubrovnik, Sibenik & Rovinj […]

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France – Coronavirus : Couvre-feu nocturne pour les communes de plus de 10.000 habitants et du littoral azuréen – France 3 Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on March 22, 2020
  • Uncategorized

La préfecture des Alpes-Maritimes publie ce dimanche après-midi un arrêté interdisant les déplacements entre 22 heures et 5 heures du matin dans les communes de plus de 10.000 habitants ainsi que les communes du littoral. […]

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How New York City shut down city life as it became epicenter of coronavirus – The Washington Post

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on March 22, 2020
  • Uncategorized

Shutting down the city that never sleeps: New York City’s week as a new epicenter of coronavirus Source: How New York City shut down city life as it became epicenter of coronavirus – The Washington […]

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These are the UK’s noisiest cities – and the strangest noise complaints | West Sussex County Times

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on March 20, 2020
  • Uncategorized

Source: These are the UK’s noisiest cities – and the strangest noise complaints | West Sussex County Times

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Coronavirus : les clubs de Berlin lancent une plateforme de streaming pour continuer à danser chez vous

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on March 20, 2020
  • Uncategorized

L’une des villes d’Europe connues mondialement pour ses discothèques et sa vie nocturne, totalement à l’arrêt à cause du coronavirus, a lancé jeudi sur internet le plus grand club virtuel de la planète. Source: Coronavirus : les […]

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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

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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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