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Jan. 23, 2016 / Gordon Price

Vancouver Diary (Kentucky Outpost)

Western Kentucky, at least, where Dianna was visiting just before the Great Blizzard of ’16 hit.  And how are they…
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Jan. 22, 2016 / Gordon Price

Readings: "The Kleptocrat in Apartment B"

A link to The New Yorker from Tim Pawsey: an article with “echoes that resonate.” Some assorted quotes. . The…
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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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Nov. 20, 2015 / Gordon Price

October in New York: The High Bridge – 4

 The High Bridge lives up to its name by offering great views of the city from high above the Harlem River: .…
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Nov. 20, 2015 / Gordon Price

October in New York: The High Bridge – 3

Finally, down the stairs, through the woods, and then – a view of the High Bridge and the Harlem River…
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Nov. 20, 2015 / Gordon Price

October in New York: The High Bridge – 2

 The High Bridge is is accessed through a park on the slopes of Manhattan (map here), where there are still signs of…
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Nov. 20, 2015 / Gordon Price

October in New York: The High Bridge – 1

Time to wrap up this series on scenes from New York City, taken during a trip in October, with one…
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Nov. 18, 2015 / Gordon Price

October in New York: Scenes of Urban Life

Bleecker Street bike lane through the West Village . .  …
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Nov. 18, 2015 / Gordon Price

November in New York: Scenes of Urban Life

From today’s New York Times: . .  …
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Nov. 18, 2015 / Gordon Price

October in New York: Scenes of Urban Life

  Battery Park City: . .  …
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Nov. 17, 2015 / Gordon Price

Mysteries of New York: Signaling systems in the subway

  From The Atlantic: . This complex—of towers, signals, switches, and track sections—is responsible for a disproportionate share of the…
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Nov. 13, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Irony of LOMEX: Why a cross-Manhattan expressway wasn't built

Gladys We passes along this piece from gizmodo: . While we’ve looked at the ill-fated project before (the Lower Manhattan Expressway,…
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Nov. 13, 2015 / Gordon Price

October in New York: The Greenway

Advocacy group Transportation Alternatives  thinks the Hudson River Greenway is “the most heavily used bikeway in the United States.”  Yet…
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Nov. 12, 2015 / Gordon Price

Closed doors on the New York Subway

A rather fascinating story on the consequences of a decision made decades ago in an era of rejuvenation. .  …

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