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Restaurant inside-out: eating classy steaks in the streets of Manhattan
Figure 1: Balthazar restaurant cooking steaks outside (Photo: Alan Grabinsky) During the time of Manhattan’s power outage, business activities reserved for indoor settings made their...
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Wall Street y Sandy: El espectáculo del comercio en la oscuridad de la ciudad
Estuve en la crisis del huracán Sandy y viví el apagón que afectó la parte sur de Manhattan por cuatro días. Me di cuenta de que Manhattan se mantiene a flote gracias a su infraestructura gigantesca,...
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Street media and urban artifacts: façades and maps
During the early 20th century, an insurance company called Sanborn mapped the streets of New York in order to determine propensities for fire. In order to do so they mapped characteristics such as...
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From “Unpacking my library”
Property and possession belong to the tactical sphere. Collectors are people with a tactical instinct; their experience teaches them that when they capture a strange city, the smallest antique shop can...
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Walking through Manhattan: navigating chaos and chance
Dodging pedestrians, running under stoplights, avoiding salesmen and political activists–walking through the streets of Manhattan requires certain skills that allow pedestrians to get by. I walk...
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