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A few months ago, @turtlekiosk tweeted an idea that I keep thinking about: “In the future shoplifting won’t matter, not because loss prevention or surveillance will be really good but because everything will require a subscription service that subsidizes the price of the thing y…
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JANE JACOBS & URBAN DIVERSITY The Death and Life of Great American Cities, written by Jane Jacobs in 1961, is still the bible of urban planning, probab…
Drew Austin
Aug 6
First, a note about the title—I had no choice, given this week’s topic. But I’m not going to discuss the source of the phrase, because: MANHATTANISM “M…
Drew Austin
Jul 30
Reminder: I launched a premium tier of this newsletter and the first issue went out on Wednesday! I discussed ghost kitchens, the new eminence of food …
Drew Austin
Jul 24
Welcome to the first premium issue! I’m excited to kick this off. GHOST KITCHENS Anna Wiener’s recent New Yorker essay about ghost kitchens and food de…
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Jul 22 6
I’m taking a break from regular programming to announce an offshoot of this newsletter that launches today: a subscribers-only weekly installment that …
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Jul 17
“Where should I live?” is a popular question to be asking oneself right now. Since long before 2020, Americans have demonstrated an inclination to deal…
Drew Austin
Jul 10
If you live in a large American city, you’ve probably heard a lot of fireworks during the past week or two, and you’ve possibly even poked around onlin…
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Jun 26
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