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Andrew Blum writes about architecture, urbanism and technology. A contributing editor at Metropolis and Wired magazines, his work has also appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Business Week, Slate, and Popular Science, among others. He lives in Brooklyn, N.Y.

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