Crucially, though Amazon & its boosters often claim that it is a "job creator," we argue this is a ruse. Amazon's arrival into regional markets led to a loss of retail jobs as malls crumbled, resulting in a net balance - and even less - of employment gains in metropolitan regions

Between 1985 and 2018, NYC demolished 44622 buildings - that about 4 buildings a day every day for 32 years (report in 2018 only covered up to 2017). At that pace, since then, another 5,600 buildings have likely been demolished. Most demolition was in Manhattan.

HumanscaleNYC A pity. NYC has a lot of well constructed + sometimes beautiful pre-war buildings. They get torn down willy nilly + in their place developers throw up the ugliest most out-of-scale buildings imaginable. New York University Village Preservation (GVSHP) #architecture #urbanplanning NYC Planning BROADWAY RESIDENTS COALITION

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.Homeless Services’s Code Blue is in effect until tomorrow, Wednesday, December 14 at 8:00 AM. If you see a homeless person outside in these frigid temperatures, please call us at 311.

Happening now: #saveoursupermarket #MortonWilliams Bleecker & LaGuardia Sts.

Done! StoptheChop Brad Hoylman-Sigal 🌈🥯 Richard Gottfried

Flu and COVID-19 are both circulating in NYC. Protect yourself and others by getting vaccinated: nyc.gov/vaccinefinder

流感和 COVID-19 都在紐約市流行。透過接種疫苗保護自己和他人：nyc.gov/vaccinefinder

Hannukah is coming this weekend, and we're shipping out knishes to go to families across the USA! Place your order today to get yours before the holiday is over. goldbelly.com/yonah-schimmel…

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A 4K resto of John Waters's “exercise in poor taste,” PINK FLAMINGOS, plays this weekend in theaters. Don't miss a very special opportunity to see the cult classic deemed obscene in multiple legal cases. 💩 bit.ly/3PkUx5a

Join us @hdc Erik Bottcher Christopher Marte Save Harlem Now MMPCIA FRIENDS of the Upper East Side Willoughby Hart Historic District and more tomorrow at 2pm on the steps of City Hall to demand the City stops the growing tide of demolitions of NYC landmarks+protects our history: villagepreservation.org/campaign-updat…

Using faux archival footage and social media, Adam Himebauch, a painter and parodist, has meticulously created the persona of an older, acclaimed artist. His yearlong digital performance, “Back to the Future,” puts the art in artifice. nyti.ms/3PqfY4O

Bill Ackman “This Court is all in favor of funding for museums, but not as a quid pro quo for approval of a massive (Howard Hughes) skyscraper in an historic district that otherwise would be prohibited.” – Hon. Arthur F. Engoron, New York Supreme Court. #ChangeMuseums

Complaints about helicopter noise in parts of New York City surpass calls over rats, city data show bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @citylab

Scooters and Mopeds are prohibited from bike paths. Revel and Lime E-Mopeds are prohibited from bike lanes as well. All DMV registered vehicles are prohibited from bike lane. #revel #lime NYPD Highway Chief of Transportation

Kathy Park Price Ok here’s a really rough sketch, pulling in some #dalle2 prompts for inspiration. Should I continue in this direction, or something else? Too histrionic?

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