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24 Hour Cities: Sensible or Superfluous?
Hayley Richardson | Wed, Feb 27th, 2008 | Category: Report | Tags: hayley richardson, new york city, economy, crime, tourism, casino, noise complaints, times square, 24 hours, city that never sleeps, lewis mumford, market street | 3
The concept of 24 hours holds a special place in the popular imagination of Americans. It evokes a sense of urgency and a sense of romance: late night diners, watching the sunrise, saving the world. But the phrase is particularly relevant, and particularly overused, when it comes to cities.
Lewis Mumford wrote in The Culture of Cities that “through its complex orchestration of time and space, no less than through the social division of labor, life in the city takes on a the…
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