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Above Grade: On the High Line
Places Journal
A native New Yorker traces the pre-history of the High Line, and ponders whether the celebrated park will be a victim of its success.
The Irrational Exuberance of Rem Koolhaas
Places Journal
The architect’s career embodies the inevitable contradictions in trying to marry art and capitalism, radicalism and pragmatism, icon-making and city-making.
Notes Toward a History of Non-Planning
Places Journal
The argument about the strength of government and the freedom of the marketplace has been boiling for decades. It is more relevant than ever.