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Elevated walkways, a truncated FDR drive, and other proposals for a...
Short Teaser: Urban planners and architects imagine the pedestrian city One plan calls for the removal of the southern portion of F.D.R. Drive to make way for parks and cafes. On top of that, Sorkin...
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On the ordinariness of the Founding Fathers
Short Teaser: “One of the problems with the founding guys is that they’re trapped in portraits” said Richard B. Bernstein, author of Founding Fathers Reconsidered, sitting in the shade of Bryant Park’s...
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Jonathan Alter's 'instant history' tour rolls on
Short Teaser: Asked what he hopes the reader takes away from The Promise, Alter said, “I hope they take away this deeper understanding of what Barack Obama is really like.” We are cursed with living...
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Ray Bradbury, pomegranate, beams into Soho
Short Teaser: A 15-foot projection of 90-year-old science-fiction writer Ray Bradbury smiled boyishly—via Skype from L.A.—at 120 fans gathered in front of a white MacBook at McNally Jackson Books....
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