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New York Beginnings
new york beginnings
June 14, 2018
Not That Long Ago, New York Really Was Governed From a Smoke-filled Backroom
As late as 1989, an undemocratic entity called the Board of Estimate made the city’s key decisions. When it was banned, a new political era was born.
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David Freedlander
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May 31, 2018
How to Succeed in Advertising (and Transform the Internet While You’re At It)
Programmatic built the modern internet. And Right Media, inventors of the first ad exchange, built programmatic advertising.
By
Adrianne Jeffries
new york beginnings
Mar. 2, 2018
The Crime-Fighting Program That Changed New York Forever
Is CompStat’s main legacy safe streets or stop and frisk?
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Chris Smith
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Jan. 18, 2018
How a Group of Computer Geeks and English Majors Transformed Wall Street
In the 1980s, a quiet hedge fund located above a Marxist bookstore launched a revolution that would change finance (and give us Amazon).
By
Michelle Celarier
Jan. 10, 2018
The Megamall–Hotel–Condo–Concert Hall That Ate New York City
Time Warner Center and the West Side it made.
By
Justin Davidson