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The City of the future – – lies in the past.

     To know what kind of city New York will be in the future, you have to look to the past. The future that I am referring to is a period of less than 50 years from now, although it’s not tomorrow, next year or even the next decade. In fact, over the next few [...]

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They’re all over the city and yet, no one sees them….(no, they’re not roaches).

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Elements of the city…..

The neighborhood, the district the corridor: In summary: neighborhoods are a mixture of human activity while districts are just a single activity.  And corridors connect the two.  A single neighborhood is a village.  And cities are made up of a combination of all of the above.  Traditional neighborhood developments and transit orientated developments are similar [...]

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What is a city?

The Generic City The article is a depressing overview of the city by the author.  I’m not sure I understand it and certainly don’t get anything out of it.  The article is broken down into several sections and includes commentary on city statistics, airports, urbanism, politics, sociology, population, architecture, geography, history, identity, culture and infrastructure. [...]

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When I first moved into NYC…..

I grew up in a suburb outside of Manhattan.  So, when I first moved into NYC, after college, I found it very hard to get used to all of the different sounds that comes with city life.  I noticed that I no longer heard the birds chirping in the morning when I got up, but rather [...]

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