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Olympics 2012
London's Insane Olympics Hotel Rates Now Less Insane
As the Games approach and reality sets in for hoteliers, procrastinating tourists are starting to be rewarded.
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Of Storefronts, Soulless Banks, and the Slow Death of Nora Ephron's Upper West Side
A walk down Broadway used to be all jangle and buzz, an urban improvisation of sound and action. Now it’s more like a prerecorded loop that repeats block after block.
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How to Turn a Busy Street Corner Into a Pop-Up Cinema
In Auckland, New Zealand, a micro-theater is grafted onto an existing stoop, transforming stairs into seats.
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Maps
A Quest for Consensus on Boston Neighborhood Boundaries
An interactive mapping effort tries to find where locals think their neighborhoods actually are.
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Olympics 2012
Can the Olympics Bring Affordable Housing to London?
By 2031, this summer's Olympic site should be a dense checkerboard of housing and parkland.
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What Critics Get Wrong About the Creative Class and Economic Development
The Fall of the Creative Class? Not so fast.
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The Big Fix
Debating the Local Food Movement
A new book argues that locavores are terrible for the environment, the economy and global food security.
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Toilet Tuesday
What Really Happens After You Flush the Toilet
Your waste goes on a magical journey from becoming "mixed liquor" to "sludge cakes," as this photographic tour of Arlington County, Virginia's newly renovated wastewater plant reveals.
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Preservation Fight of the Day: Islamists Attack Ancient Mosques in Timbuktu
The Ansar Dine have seized the city and hope to "destroy every mausoleum in the city — all of them, without exception."
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Videos
New York City Fixes Mayhem-Causing Subway Stair
In a blow to the national humor reserve, Brooklyn's 36th Street stop will no longer be wantonly tripping commuters.
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