I’m glad to see one of the dailies with “New York” in its name thought this fire on 25th between 5th/6th Aves was big enough deserve coverage. There’s an allegory here but it’s not divine: it’s about how the various organs of cities now face outward — for example, ‘to attract investment’ — rather than in. The right to the city is a nice phrase, but when everyone (i.e., everyone who can afford it) has a right to every city…or was it about an abstract city like “New York”?
I’m glad to see one of the dailies with “New York” in its name thought this fire on 25th between 5th/6th Aves was big enough deserve coverage. There’s an allegory here but it’s not divine: it’s about how the various organs of cities now face outward — for example, ‘to attract investment’ — rather than in. The right to the city is a nice phrase, but when everyone (i.e., everyone who can afford it) has a right to every city…or was it about an abstract city like “New York”?