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Subway Flooding: Yes, It’s Gotten Worse
As someone who’s been riding the subways for more than 30 years, and commuting on them for about 20 years, I’ve been asking myself recently, “Did the subways always collapse completely every time it rains?” I don’t remember the magnitude … Continue reading
Queens By Bike, and NYC From the Air
I rode out to the Queens Museum yesterday to see the second of the three Robert Moses exhibits (and folks, I know eyes tend to glaze over when urban planning comes up, but these are great). This one focuses on … Continue reading
Friday Morning Downtown
I ended up delaying my trip to Toronto for a day, and did some errands downtown this morning on the bike. I did my usual two-bridge trip, taking the Brooklyn Bridge into Manhattan and coming home over the Manhattan Bridge. … Continue reading
Protected: The Marathon!
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The Island at the Center Of the World — Russell Shorto
This fascinating book is a new examination of the earliest days of New York City, focusing on its days as the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam. While most NYC histories brush past this period pretty quickly, Shorto makes a convincing … Continue reading
Cities: Destruction On Purpose
The fourth and last part of The Death and Life Of Great American Cities discusses possible tactics to solve some of the problems she discusses. She opens by noting that city planning does not lack for tactics that are “aimed … Continue reading
Repeating the Mistakes of the Past
As the plans to build the so-called Freedom Tower get clearer, so does the fact that we’re repeating the terrible mistakes we made when the World Trade Center was built originally. WHen completed in the mid-seventies, the Trade Center dumped … Continue reading
“Ground Zero”
There was a particularly rancorous discussion in newyorkers over tourists’ use of the term “Ground Zero” to refer to the World Trade Center site. A lot of the emotion in that discussion had to do with the disrespectful behavior of … Continue reading
WTC Memories
Before 9/11, I worked in the World Financial Center, directly across the street from the World Trade Center. My office windows faced the Hudson but the World Trade Center was a big part of my life — my bank and … Continue reading
Protected: Happy Labor Day
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