Heart of the City: Nine Stories of Love and Serendipity on the Streets of New York
Ariel Sabaramazon.com
Heart of the City: Nine Stories of Love and Serendipity on the Streets of New York
Lately a few planners, notably Reginald Isaacs of Harvard, have daringly begun to question whether the conception of neighborhood in big cities has any meaning at all. Isaacs points out that city people are mobile. They can and do pick and choose from the entire city (and beyond) for everything from a job, a dentist, recreation, or friends, to shop
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