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Why A Footbridge In London Is Inspiring So Much Outrage
It doesn’t take much to make some cities angry. But in London, a special kind of rage is flowing over a project that seems pretty unobjectionable: A footbridge over the River Thames. And the tension isn’t confined to London.
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That Time New York City Wanted To Put Highways On Top Of Its Skyscrapers
Some might say New Yorkers had more money than sense in the Roaring Twenties. Somewhat profoundly, John K. Hencken’s idea to build highways on top of skyscrapers in Manhattan required both. Bummer about that stock market crash — otherwise these elevated boulevards might have been built! Emphasis on the might have.
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I Saw The Future At New York’s Uncanny Smithsonian Museum
It’s weird to see a working Nest thermostat on display at a Smithsonian museum in Manhattan. It’s even weirder to tinker with the gadget, pushing buttons and changing settings. But touching and tinkering with technology is the Cooper Hewitt future museum’s specialty.
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New York City May Let You Pay Parking Tickets With Bitcoin. Sigh.
It doesn’t matter if the payments are in crumpled, wet $5 notes or casual swipes of a black Amex: New York City makes a boatload of money from fees and fines, and it’s looking for new ways to get people to pay up. And that includes cryptocurrency. NYC councilman Mark Levine has proposed a bill…