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Category: Suburbs
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What the Suburbs Did for Billy Joel and Bruce Springsteen
A new book by the author Jim Cullen explores the uncanny parallels between the careers of these two musicians, and how they were products of their time and place.
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What We Know About the Effects of Remote Work
Three years into a mass workplace experiment, we are beginning to understand more about how work from home is reshaping workers’ lives and the economy.
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‘Mr. Blandings’ Is Now 75. What Can His Dream House Tell Us About Ours?
The 1948 film starring Cary Grant and Myrna Loy celebrated leaving city life and spreading out in suburbia. Even then, it was a questionable idea.
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The Interior Lives of Black Homes
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:A new wave of books, exhibitions and archival projects work to tell a more complete story of spaces designed for and by Black homeowners.
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What Comes Next for the Most Empty Downtown in America
The New York Times – Business:Tech workers are still at home. The $17 salad place is expanding into the suburbs. So what is left in San Francisco?
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Robert Toll, Who Mass-Produced ‘McMansions,’ Is Dead at 81
The New York Times – Business:He and his brother, Bruce, founded a home-building company that found suburbia fertile ground to make hundreds of millions of dollars with roomy dwellings.