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Real estate agents and developers are at the forefront of changing New York City neighborhood names into stupid acronyms. The success of Soho, Tribeca, Noho, Fidi and Dumbo has infected not only New York, but nearly every other upwardly mobile…
Read moreOrdos, China, once flush with cash, has been called the world’s largest ghost town. In the early 2000s, a coal-mining boom led the local government to throw money at urban development in the hopes of creating a new epicenter of…
Read moreWith big developments in the pipeline and celeb-filled parties, the South Bronx is finally hot. The New York Times named the South Bronx one of the 52 hottest destinations travelers should plan to visit this year. But for decades, politicians…
Read moreSaturday Night Live recently took a tour of the Lower East Side’s Tenement Museum for a peek at how the other half lived a century ago. Louis C.K. and Kate McKinnon play historic reenacts and show visitors Vanessa Bayer, Kyle…
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