Listen Again: The Life Cycles Of Cities (2020)

TED Radio Hour

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Social Sciences, Society & Culture, Science, Technology

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🗓️ 28 January 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Original broadcast date: November 15, 2020. Cities are never static; they can transform in months, years, or centuries. This hour, TED speakers explore how today's cities are informed by the past, and how they'll need to evolve for the future. Guests include archaeologist Alyssa Loorya, architects Marwa Al-Sabouni and Rahul Mehrotra, and landscape architect Kotchakorn Voraakhom.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Manouche. I live in New York City, and the other day I had to run an errand in a neighborhood where I used to work years ago.
0:08.0	I hadn't been back there since the pandemic started, and my visit felt like time travel.
0:14.0	The bar where my coworkers and I used to celebrate special occasions. It is now an empty storefront.
0:21.0	But our favorite restaurant seems to be thriving. It's got this beautiful outdoor pavilion built for dining al fresco.
0:29.0	This neighborhood, this city, is changing to meet the times. And that's what this episode is all about.
0:37.0	It's called the Life Cycle of Cities. From Bangkok to a pop-up city in India to homes in Syria, we explore how urban life morphs and changes, and what that history says about the humans who live there.
0:53.0	This show first aired in November 2020. It's one that the team and I really love. I hope you enjoyed again or for the first time.
1:01.0	I'll be back next week to kick off a special series that we've been working on for you. Meanwhile, thanks so much for being here.
1:09.0	This is the Ted Radio Hour. Each week, groundbreaking Ted Talks.
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1:46.0	I'm Manouch Zemowod.
1:51.0	If I asked you to picture a farm in New York City, you might say...
1:56.0	I mean, come on. There are no farms in New York City. And Lord knows as a child, I was like, there are no farms in New York City.
2:03.0	New York City is all steel and concrete. But a hundred years ago, the city looked a lot different.
2:09.0	The surrounding areas were just farm after farm after farm.
2:13.0	This is Alyssa Luria. I am a historical archaeologist focusing on New York City history.
2:20.0	And I recently met Alyssa for a tour of the historic Hendrick Eye Lot House.
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