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Can Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh Reinvent Downtown Las Vegas?Story by Daniel Brook Love it or hate it, Las Vegas is one of the country’s most fertile hothouses for experiments with urban form. This…
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Out of Cash

Jerry in OaklandWhen former California Governor Jerry Brown became mayor of Oakland some 16 years after leaving statewide office, he pledged to add 10,000 residents to the city’s downtown. Had…
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Jeffrey Steingarten

Photographed by Nick Knight We landed in Tokyo just in time for the annual Good Luck Rake Festival. It was early November, and the gardens and parks of Tokyo were covered with gold and crimson…
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