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Reflections on Year 1 in New York City [3]

A Better Built Environment

We ate at restaurants a grand total of 8 times since moving here and of that 8 only 3 were dining at the restaurant (outdoor seating). Kids were running around playing laser tag. Every weekend they would block off Vanderbilt Ave to cars and it would become an open street for people, bikes, restaurants, and music.

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Electric driving: At a Tipping Point or Stuck in Byzantine Pricing and Charging?

Community Architect

The salesman to whom I had been directed sits in his booth and sports a name tag that identifies him as Mr Tyrone Car. I had spotted one on my way to the showroom, but before I can point it out, it had disappeared, apparently belonging to a customer. One can't make this up, and he swears, he didn't.

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The Age Of The Mega-Eco Project

Landscape Architecture Magazine

This mega-eco project stretches over 10,425 square miles and has a price tag of $2 billion; it will connect 67 existing habitat preserves containing 80 percent of the wild panda population. To date, the initiative and its many partners have spent millions of dollars on landscape conservation and restoration to aid species movement.

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