{"id":31729,"date":"2012-07-06T12:00:13","date_gmt":"2012-07-06T16:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=31729"},"modified":"2013-01-21T15:27:25","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T20:27:25","slug":"urban-planet-new-yorks-rooftop-views","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/07\/06\/urban-planet-new-yorks-rooftop-views\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Planet: New York&#8217;s Rooftop Views"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/?attachment_id=12115\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12115\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"the-standard-hotel-copy\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-standard-hotel-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/01\/18\/urban-planet-how-the-dutch-got-their-cycle-paths\/feature-urban-planet\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25153\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"feature-urban-planet\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/01\/feature-urban-planet.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"63\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We\u2019ll be on the lookout for websites outside the country that approach themes related to urban experiences and issues.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>New York is a city of skyscrapers. But as aerial photographer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alexmaclean.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Alex McLean<\/a> has shown in his new book, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Up-Roof-Hidden-Skyline-Spaces\/dp\/1616890509\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1340225532&amp;amp;sr=8-1&amp;amp;keywords=up+on+the+roof\" target=\"_blank\">Up on the Roof<\/a><\/em>, it is also home to many hidden rooftop oases. The book showcases many views of the city from above. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcodesign.com\/1670099\/exploring-new-yorks-most-hidden-spaces-its-rooftops#1\">Fast Company<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><em>Image from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcodesign.com\/1670099\/exploring-new-yorks-most-hidden-spaces-its-rooftops#1\">Fast Company<\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>For more stories from around the planet, check out Spacing on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Spacing\/111174192229238\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/Spacing\">Twitter<\/a>. Do you have an Urban Planet worthy article you&#8217;d like to share? Send the link to <a href=\"mailto:urbanplanet@spacing.ca\">urbanplanet@spacing.ca<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We\u2019ll be on the lookout for websites outside the country that approach themes related to urban experiences and issues. New York is a city of skyscrapers. But as aerial photographer Alex McLean has shown in his new book,<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/07\/06\/urban-planet-new-yorks-rooftop-views\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Urban Planet: New York&#8217;s Rooftop Views&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4081,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21759],"tags":[20544,20545,4657,13712,469,10185,99],"class_list":["post-31729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-features","tag-aerial-photographer","tag-alex-mclean","tag-facebook","tag-fast-company","tag-new-york","tag-twitter","tag-urban-planet"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Urban Planet: New York&#039;s Rooftop Views - Spacing Toronto<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/07\/06\/urban-planet-new-yorks-rooftop-views\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Urban Planet: New York&#039;s Rooftop Views - Spacing Toronto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. 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