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Innovate the City: An Interview with Robin Shulman

In her book Eat the City, Robin Shulman explores the secret, sideways, underground, and otherwise forgotten forms of food production that have shaped New York. From foraged greens to fish, no ingredient is left untasted. I helped Robin research the book last summer, so I knew, from an inside perspective, that urban food producers are often first-rate innovators. The overlap between tech startups and gardening guerrillas or immigrant brewers is more extensive than you might anticipate. Last week, I spoke with Robin about how food innovation is changing New York:

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The Shard Opens in London

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Shard London Bridge, or The Shard, opened to the public today. Towering 309.6 meters (1016 feet) into the sky, the building is the tallest in the European Union. The project’s architect, Renzo Piano, intended for the building’s angled glass panes to reflect sunlight and the sky above, changing its appearance according to the weather and seasons.