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At all events, rather less is known about Lucy than is generally supposed. It isn’t even actually known that she was a female. Her sex is merely presumed from her diminutive size.
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson
Students were encouraged to compare, contrast, and figure out how people, activity and architecture were distributed here versus other places. They compared The Strip to conventional cities but also bazaars and marketplaces. In some ways, the strip was like a bazaar, but on a scale built for cars, with wide roads and big signs of various types to draw people in.
Lessons From Las Vegas - 99% Invisible
99percentinvisible.org
Subway construction is not a regular government function in most of the United States, so you can see why small agencies are reluctant to staff up—especially since federal funding is unreliable. But that excuse does not apply to organizations in cities like Seattle or Los Angeles with multi-decade pipelines and voter approval to spend tens of billions of dollars.
We Finally Know Why It Costs So Damn Much to Build New Subways in America
Henry Grabar
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