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Descendants of the High Line -“The High Line’s success in New York has sparked a broader discussion about whether or not elevated parks can succeed in American cities in general. Witold Rybczynski, author of Makeshift Metropolis and professor of urbanism at the University of Pennsylvania, recently argued in The New York Times that great elevated parks require a “combination of history and density” unique to places like New York and Paris. (The Promenade Plantée in Paris, a precursor to the High Line, opened on a 2.8-mile viaduct in the 12th Arrondissement in 1993.) If too many cities try to duplicate the High Line concept in less ideal environments, then elevated urban parks will soon join the “dismal record of failed urban design strategies,” Rybczynski wrote.”

Descendants of the High Line -“The High Line’s success in New York has sparked a broader discussion about whether or not elevated parks can succeed in American cities in general. Witold Rybczynski, author of Makeshift Metropolis and professor of urbanism at the University of Pennsylvania, recently argued in The New York Times that great elevated parks require a “combination of history and density” unique to places like New York and Paris. (The Promenade Plantée in Paris, a precursor to the High Line, opened on a 2.8-mile viaduct in the 12th Arrondissement in 1993.) If too many cities try to duplicate the High Line concept in less ideal environments, then elevated urban parks will soon join the “dismal record of failed urban design strategies,” Rybczynski wrote.”

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“ Life is a lesson taught only once, so pay attention in class and learn something before you graduate. ”

From “Rain”

But if I live a life without all of its things,
I know that I will have surpassed them all
With the simple touch of your face,
And a gentle smile returned,
Which not even the brightest of stars could outshine.

Copyright 2011 SDS

From “Rain”

And so in this is love, and it is this which I have found, and
I say that neither the heavens nor the earth nor the moon nor the stars,
Neither the road less traveled nor the one fully explored,
Can rival this true beauty and my faith in her.

Copyright 2011 SDS

From “Unburdened”

As all other wills, misdirected will harm,
Desire creates, and adds us our charm.
I ask no dear blessing, no valid decree,
But only the audience, to listen to me.
And take in your heart, these words ever true,
No one can jail you, none except you.

Copyright 2011 SDS

Create Dangerously

“One may long, as I do, for a gentler flame, a respite, a pause for musing. But perhaps there is no other peace for the artist than what he finds in the heat of combat. ‘Every wall is a door,’ Emerson correctly said. Let us not look for the door, and the way out, anywhere but in the wall against which we are living. Instead, let us seek the respite where it is—in the very thick of battle. For in my opinion, and this is where I shall close, it is there. Great ideas, it has been said, come into the world as gently as doves. Perhaps, then, if we listen attentively, we shall hear, amid the uproar of empire and nations, a faint flutter of wings, the gentle stirring of life and hope. Some will say that this hope lies in a nation, others, in a man. I believe rather that it is awakened, revived, nourished by millions of solitary individuals whose deeds and works every day negate frontiers and the crudest implications of history. As a result, there shines forth fleetingly the ever-threatened truth that each and every man, on the foundations of his own sufferings and joys, builds for them all.” - Albert Camus, Create Dangerously

Day 13: Illness

Question: What good are antibiotics if they can’t kill the bugs?

Day 12: Frustration

Question: Would it still be your favorite food if you had to eat it - and only it - every day?

Day 11: Malaise

Question: Is a busy recovery a better recovery, or is unadulterated relaxation the order of the day?

Day 10: Momentum

Question: Is it better to see incremental progress daily or to see major improvements every few days?

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