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Urban Planet: Retro New York Futures

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Urban Planet is a daily roundup of  blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside the country that approach themes related to urban experiences and issues.

New York City is much beloved by urbanists and futurists alike as a city of possibility and promise. Which is why Web Urbanist‘s look at retro-futures for the Big Apple is so entertaining. From a second subterranean-nuclear-bomb-proof NYC to an elevated railway to the statue of Liberty to Buckminster Fuller’s geodesic dome, there are no shortage of dreams for the city of dreams.

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