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A New Urban Geography?

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Many geographers have used the example of New York and Manhattan to exemplify American urban phenomena and extremes. Cliche questions such as "When will Manhattan Island begin to sink?" or "What would have happened to the New York skyline without the elevator or the telephone?" were widely popular in urban geography classes. Thus, it is not surprising that within the first month after the terror attack a discussion ensued on the future of the city, urban concentrations and dispersion, the skyscraper and urban life.


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