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		<title>The City Desk on public radio&#8217;s &#8220;Smart City&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2008/11/20/the-city-desk-on-public-radios-smart-city/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:56:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new episode of Smart City™, a wonderful public radio program covering urbanism and city life, features a reading by Leonard Pierce of one of his pieces from The City Desk. It is even referred to as a &#8220;special treat.&#8221; But of course it is. We all knew this. So- listen on your local station or go and listen online and let them know if you like it. Also on the program is Shawn Micallef, editor of Toronto&#8217;s excellent Spacing magazine which you really ought to check out. - RJ White, Editor]]></description>
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		<title>For Your Ears: Wasted Words</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2008/11/12/for-your-ears-wasted-words/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:51:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new episode of the Wasted Words podcast is now available. It is hosted by your editor, RJ White, and the panel includes The City Desk contributors Shek Baker and Stephen Levinson. Thank you.]]></description>
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		<title>A Brief Aside</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2007/11/21/a-brief-aside/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello- here is a bit of non City-related news. As you may have heard, there is a writers strike currently on. This video, The Mighty Pencil (featuring titles by The City Desk graphics department), shows how you can support the writers of your favorite tele-vision programs. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GggokNW-4c] Again, that address is pencils2mediamoguls.com. This strike is a very important one- much more information can be found at the Writers Guild web site. Thank you for your attention in this matter. - RJ White, Editor, The City Desk]]></description>
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		<title>The Shrouded City</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2007/05/07/the-shrouded-city/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2007 13:21:37 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[David Andrews]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Television dramatist Stirling Silliphant famously wrote that “there are eight million stories in the naked city.” Local author Burton Becker is out to prove that our city has a few million stories of its own, even if they are a bit more conservatively dressed. Becker has just published his fourth novel, Same Time Last Year, a detective story that takes place in a fictional city that local residents will find somewhat familiar. Becker has set each of his four published works in the urban milieu he understands best, a working class neighborhood not unlike the industrial district on the city’s south side. But you won’t find any references to existing local businesses, streets, or colorful characters in Becker’s literary world. He is careful to avoid mention of any actual landmarks or living persons. “I want people to recognize to what I am referring,” says Becker, “but I don’t want people in other cities or towns to feel that the story doesn’t apply to their own neighborhood.” Thus Whittingers Park becomes “Whitmann Park,” Mabel Tripp Gardens is transformed to “Fern Falls Arbor,” and the town’s real estate tycoon is “Howard Marlowe” instead of local icon Hugo Chandler. “It’s a delicate balance,” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moving</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2007/02/23/moving/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The City Desk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the next week or so, The City Desk will be taking a break, as we move into our new home office. In the meantime, why not enjoy some older pieces you may have missed? :: The Main Avenue Tramway :: Why it is called ‘Black Friday&#8217; :: Christmastime in the City :: The Underground Winter Zoo :: New Years for the Three Hoboes :: The tiny homes of Samson Heights This is just a sampling, of course- By all means, click around, there&#8217;s more than enough to keep you occupied until late next week. - R. White]]></description>
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		<title>A real fake city</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2006/11/09/a-real-fake-city/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2006 15:56:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For his film Playtime, director Jacques Tati built a fake city. [@ BLDGBLOG] During pre-production, &#8220;Tati visited many factories and airports throughout Europe before his cinematographer Jean Badal came to the conclusion that he needed to build his own skyscraper. Which is exactly what he did.&#8221; In fact, he built Tativille: an entire city inhabited by no one but actors – who left after each day of filming. One estimate puts the total mass of built space and material at &#8220;11,700 square feet of glass, 38,700 square feet of plastic, 31,500 square feet of timber, and 486,000 square feet of concrete. Tativille had its own power plant and approach road, and building number one had its own working escalator.&#8221; Those hoping to visit the set&#8217;s cinematically Romantic remains are out of luck: &#8220;I would like to have seen it retained – for the sake of young filmmakers,&#8221; Tati claimed, &#8220;but it was razed to the ground. Not a brick remains.&#8221;]]></description>
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		<title>Administrative</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2006/11/02/administrative/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Nov 2006 14:17:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To whomever ended up here after searching Google for &#8220;facts about illiteracy,&#8221; I am deeply sorry. This post is of no help to you, whatsoever. If you ended up here after searching for &#8220;tetherball nazis,&#8221; you pretty much get what you deserve. Also, if anyone has any sites about urban history, city planning, etc. that you think would be a good addition to the links section, send them to thecitydesk-at-gmail.com. &#8211; Ed.]]></description>
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