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May. 12, 2016 / Gordon Price

Car2Go goes New York

From The New Yorker: The car-sharing industry has its roots in mid-century Europe, whose coöperative vehicle pooling was mimicked, in…
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Feb. 04, 2016 / Dan Ross

How to tell your date his light rail is actually a streetcar

Many PT readers will by now have seen some of these snazzy renderings of NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio’s proposed…
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Nov. 20, 2015 / Gordon Price

Gentrification in New York: One Block of Bed-Stuy:

As we crossed both Washington Heights in Manhattan and Mt. Eden in The Bronx, connected by the High Bridge, I…
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Apr. 21, 2015 / Gordon Price

Brooklyn 2 – The new riverfront

Nothing quite so well captures the character of the post-industrial city as Brooklyn Bridge Park – 85 acres, spanning over…
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Apr. 20, 2015 / Gordon Price

Brooklyn – 1: Is Its Downtown Vancouverizing?

New York is in full recovery after the financial crisis of 2008.  Infill everywhere.  But the greatest change is underway…
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Apr. 09, 2015 / Gordon Price

New York – Images – 7

An architectural gem randomly discovered by glancing down a street: the former Brooklyn Fire Department Headquarters, now refurbished as 18…
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Apr. 09, 2015 / Gordon Price

New York – Images – 6

Brooklyn government centre – the way they did it in the 19th century: . And then, looking immediately to the…
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Apr. 20, 2012 / Gordon Price

Transformations: The Hipsterization of Greenpoint

From the BBC: A decade ago, Greenpoint, the northern most part of Brooklyn, New York, was home to a thriving…
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Feb. 01, 2010 / Gordon Price

Gentrification, Brooklyn-style

New York City-based graffiti artist Gabriel “Specter” Reese has as his latest project a series of hand-painted billboards promoting the Gentrification…

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