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Article: DEAD CITIES AND OTHER TALES
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- The Next American City
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- January 1, 2003
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DEAD CITIES AND OTHER TALES BY MIKE DAVIS, PUBLISHED BY NEW PRESS, 288 PAGES, HARDCOVER $27.95
Though over a year and a half has passed since September 11, 2001, the emotions surrounding the destruction of the Twin Towers remain raw in New York. As the editor of an influential magazine recently remarked to me, "Living in the city now, you still think about it a lot. Every time there's a crowd of people, and every time you hear a siren, and every time a plane flies overhead, it comes back to you."
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