Google Glass, Mines, and Hipsters: What's Ruining Our Cities This Week

Google Glass, Mines, and Hipsters: What's Ruining Our Cities This Week

Is Google Glass really "killing cities" or just the douchebags who wear them? Are mines bringing cities down—literally? Is the Bowery doomed? Is Berlin really over? We examine these questions and more, in this week’s edition of What’s Ruining Our Cities.

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How Hipsters Ruined the Bowery

How Hipsters Ruined the Bowery

With news this week that the famous Salvation Army—a haven for the homeless on the Bowery—would be replaced with an Ace hotel—a haven for hipsters—some would say it’s the end of an era. But they’d be wrong. That era ended a long time ago.

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