Category Archives: Sociology & Urban Studies

A Year of Dreaming, Cities and Searching for Home

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Today, Dream Of A City is a year old. Today also, most coincidentally, my journeying is done, for now.  We’ve moved in to the new place. The bed and couch are in.  The plants and garden table are on the … Continue reading

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Moving to and Making A New Home in a “New” Country

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Touched down in Singapore on Saturday and I got to experience, first-hand, YET AGAIN, the process of moving to and making a new home in a “new” country – “new” being in quotations since Singapore is not exactly a new … Continue reading

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The Grass is Green enough Here, wherever Here is

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So this is it then. In two days time, I leave New York for good, and my nomadic life well and truly comes to an end.  I mean I will still continue with my Grand Tour of Southeast Asia, and … Continue reading

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Manhattan In 12 Streets

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Alright, I admit it. I’m totally workaholic, even though I don’t have a full-time job. Not quite yet.  I’ve been squirrelling away like a squirrel in my little squirrel-hole here in New York, on yet another insane project for this … Continue reading

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I think I have an answer… to this question of Home

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Ok, so… I’m about to head back to New York in two days time and I think I’ve got the whole thing figured out… this question of Home, that is. And for starters, well… I don’t think Home is just … Continue reading

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Being Here, Craving for “Normal” There

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Alright, I’m fed up. It’s simply too hard, this flying epic distances to enjoy a few precious weeks of domesticity. I’ve been homeless and placeless these past two years now. And there’s little sign that this state of being is … Continue reading

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New Urban Precincts VI – one-north, Singapore

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When it comes to large-scale new precinct planning and development, leave it to the Singaporeans to get the job done. I’ve been in Singapore almost two weeks now and I thought I’d get on with the NUP series. While I … Continue reading

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New Urban Precincts V – Penn Quarter, Washington D.C.

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About a month ago, I hopped over to D.C. with a friend to witness a once a year event  – cherry blossom season. Incidentally, 2012 also marked the centennial of the Japanese Government’s gift of 3000 cherry trees to the … Continue reading

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New Urban Precincts IV – HafenCity, Hamburg

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Hamburg is a very old friend of mine.  I love the city and it’s probably the only other city in Europe I could see myself living in (besides London).  A large part of it is because it’s a port city, … Continue reading

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New Urban Precincts III – Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York

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Ok, clearly I’m taking a little creative liberty with the description “New.”   Williamsburg is hardly a “New Urban Precinct.”  It’s been gentrifying for some time now. In fact, it is often used as a textbook case of gentrification in … Continue reading

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