Size is everything to a mayor consumed by edifice complex
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Comment is free: Simon Jenkins: Ken Livingstone is allowing a forest of giant towers to dwarf and destroy the intimate landscape of London.
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Standing side-by-side with the artists of "The Gates" on Friday, Mayor Michael Bloomberg seemed to bask in the glow of a near-perfect blockbuster project.
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Who is the new chef/host/spender in town?
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An event at Gracie Mansion looked back at "The Gates," the Christo art project that Mayor Bloomberg declared a work of genius.
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For Amanda M. Burden, the director of the City Planning Department, raising the bar for new architecture in New York is a balancing act.
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Term-limited state politicians and presidential campaign consultants bring high-level intensity to a city race.
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MEXICO CITY -- It was a big idea. Huge, in fact. The mayor of Mexico City wanted to build the world's biggest ice rink in one of the world's biggest squares in the middle of one of the world's biggest cities. The super-size idea became reality in early December when the city inaugurated a 34,000-...
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Sound environmental policy has emerged as a central organizing principle of the cityâs economic growth.
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A law officeâs sleek design by AndrÃ©s Escobar incorporates elements of the most modern commercial real estate development.
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If the mayor of Paris won't get off his duff and clear the way for building a new civic garden, maybe the denizens of a virtual world will have to do it for him.
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New York has recently witnessed the unveiling of nearly half a dozen major architectural landmarks, an abundance the city hasnât seen in decades.
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Lifestyle: 6 November 2004, Saturday. Bulgaria's capital is bracing up for a large-scale rakiya revelry in its central area, aiming to add to the Guinness world records.
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Mayor Frank Melton came into office like a Wild West marshal sworn to clean up the town. But somewhere along the line, prosecutors say, the crimefighting mayor crossed over from lawman to vigilante.
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Arts & entertainment: In the capital's increasingly crowded landscape, the only way is down. Jonathan Glancey reports on the ingenious expansion of an inner-city school.
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Massive self-regard fills Madison Square Garden
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Arts & entertainment: What's behind our sudden craving for big, bold works of public art?
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To appreciate this city, look up. Otherwise the very buildings that close in to create the Old World appeal may be too close to yield their secrets.