Crypto News: Our best stories of 2022

Concerns about the pandemic eased this year as schools reopened, travel picked up, and large in-person gatherings resumed. But the problems exposed (and even exacerbated) by Covid persisted: Issues like inflation, inequality, housing shortages and deep political divides continued to affect cities and the people who live in them in 2022, and CityLab was there to cover them all.

From our podcast on the rise of extremism in local government to the end of the decades-old "pizza principle," take a look back at some of our biggest stories of 2022.

— Amelia Pollard

The Wolf of Main Street

The fastest-growing landlord in the Midwest, Monarch Investment and Management Group, used evictions to drive up rents during the pandemic.

Bedrock, USA Explores Extremism in Local Politics

The podcast series from Bloomberg CityLab and iHeartMedia shows how two communities are grappling with far-right politicians and ideologies.

How Ukrainians Are Protecting Their Culture From Putin's Invasion

Grassroots efforts to document damage to the country's centuries-old monuments and landmarks are also preserving significant pieces of cultural identity.

Pizza Prices Surpass Subway Fares, Upending Decades of NYC Economics

The "pizza principle" states that a slice of cheese pizza will always be the same price as a subway ride. That's not true anymore.

A Different Kind of Cityhood Movement in Metro Atlanta

After three failed proposals to create new cities in Georgia's Cobb County, a fourth touted diversity, affordability and inclusivity.

Pritzker Prize laureate Arata Isozaki passes away at 91 (ArchDaily)
The MetroCard's 28 years as a blank canvas (Curbed)
A Black-led bike-share company charts a new course in Youngstown, Ohio (Next City)
My year in queer spaces (New Yorker)
All babies should fly in first class (Slate)