August 11, 2004

The healthy city...

The Death of the Diner in New York City
Saw this on megnut last month...

Different people have different indicators of the health of a neighbourhood: some look at vacancy rates, others look for hardware stores. When community icons like these close, neighbourhoods change, permanently, and rarely for the better.

PS: "The healthy city" and an article on cheeseburgers. Whoops...

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