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Paradise in an abandoned lot

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There are around 1,000 community gardens across the five boroughs of New York, NY. These gardens have been created since the 1970s on derelict or unused land belonging to the city. Many of them are administered through Operation Green Thumb. Some are quite large, and provide food for local people. Others have not been cared for very well. Some of the most eccentric gardens are located in Manhattan's East Village.

United Kingdom, Environmental aspects, New York, New York, New York, Community gardens

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Go on, I know you want to

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The main reason why women's shoes are attractive to many men seems to be based on design and aesthetics. Shoes play a part in the process of reshaping and customizing the foot, and offer the excitement of many different exotic fabrics, whereas the foot is merely flesh-coloured. Shoes also have individual design features with specific meanings. Not all shoes are sexy, but shoes always make a statement about sex.

Psychological aspects, Shoes

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The bridge and tunnel visionary

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Novelist Jonathan Lethem states that he responded very strongly to the idea that Lionel Essrog, the hero of his novel 'Motherless Brooklyn,' suffers from Tourette's syndrome. He indicates that he wanted readers to feel that they were self-diagnosing.

United States, Interview, Novelists, Books, Works, Book Review, Book reviews, The Bridge and Tunnel Visionary (Book), Lethem, Jonathan

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