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Monthly Archives: May 2007

Green Space Cools Cities

Friday, May 18, 2007

According to a recent study, adding parks in urban spaces can cool the city by as much as 4°C.
Vegetation cools local temperatures when the water it has absorbed is evaporated from its leaves - much like the cooling effect of perspiration. The researchers say that the increased greenery would not have to involve building new [...]

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Manhattanhenge

Monday, May 14, 2007

Manhattanhenge, a term coined by the astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, refers to the dates when the setting sun aligns with the streets of Manhattan, generally May 28th and July 12th or 13th. Via Flickr, here are some pictures of Manhattanhenge.

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The Shifting Demography of America

Thursday, May 10, 2007

The WSJ recently had an article entitled The Realignment of America, by Michael Barone, which attempts to give a finer-grained picture of the demographic shifts in America than the simple ‘the Snow Belt to the Sun Belt’. Barone defines four categories of cities and their associated patterns of change, and then provides a bit of [...]

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Towns Ranked by Most Pre-Orders of Harry Potter 7

Wednesday, May 9, 2007

The title says it all. Amazon is ranking towns, per-capita, by those which have the most pre-orders of the seventh Harry Potter book.  I am pleased to see that Williamsville, NY, where I grew up, cracked the top ten. (via kottke).

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