NYC’s BIDs Vs Your DeepTech Ecosystem

A garbage train under the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge truss span, in the Bronx. These trains take garbage from a Waste Management transfer station a bit further down the line to sites in Western NY like the High Acres Landfill near Fairport. August 2020 Source: https://unsplash.com/@blueshift12

Post category:City Digital Twin
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Scaling the Urban Stack: NYC’s BID History as a Lens for Your DeepTech EcosystemIf you are a deeptech founder and investor in mid-tier US cities, scalability is a metric that…

Location Arbitrage: Woody Allen’s Cities

Post category:Urban AI
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Location Arbitrage: How Woody Allen Leveraged European Creative Ecosystems to Reach his 50-Movie GoalThe romantic view of Woody Allen’s career is that he is a wandering artist finding inspiration in…

“Risk” to a business/community “destination”

Post category:5,000 Cities Community
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What is a Business Improvement District (BID), and how does it reshape the urban commercial landscape?Across major metropolitan areas, including New York City, Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) have emerged as…

Hardly a definitive list of NY State industrial waterfronts

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A definitive, comprehensive list of all industrial waterfronts in New York State ranked precisely by acreage is difficult to produce, as the official classification and acreage data often focus on…