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Perspectives
By Clair Enlow
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April 30, 2008
Design Perspectives: Springtime in New York
But as private investment gushes, public spending just trickles
Nothing is growing yet at Ground Zero and Mayor Michael Bloomberg is going soon, but it's springtime in New York.
Visiting America's alpha city for the first time since October of 2001, it's amazing to see how little — and how much — has happened.
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Previous columns:
- Design Perspectives: The center needs new friends — and neighbors, 03-26-2008
- Design Perspectives: In-city farms? Maybe not such a wild idea after all, 02-27-2008
- Design Perspectives: Real architecture, but it's from a factory, 02-06-2008
- Design Perspectives: Are we reaching peak pavement?, 01-02-2008
- Design Perspectives: The ‘equity players' are in, but where have all the people gone?, 11-28-2007
- Design Perspectives: We'll soon see how South Downtown will grow, 10-24-2007
- Design Perspectives: It's time to pay attention to the waterfront again, 09-26-2007
- Design Perspectives: City parks: Listen to the Philadelphia story, 08-29-2007
