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Tue, Oct 7, 2008
Griff starts his search for the greatest cities in the Big Apple. Some grand public - and private initiative buildings illustrate the city and its (especially super-rich) citizens' typical ambition, often bordering on or becoming megalomania. New York still has the world's largest concentration of skyscrapers, various of which where interned as then world's highest. Even vendor spot licenses illustrate how expensive Cirty surfaces are. Griff joins window-cleaners to get the eerie feel of descending the Empire State Building.
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Tue, Oct 14, 2008
In his own capital, Britton Griff starts contemplating how London continuously grew from a new Roman town to Europe's single-most prominent true metropolis. He visits architectural and archaeological remains of its long and eminent past, and mires at quaint traditions, while pointing out some major changes. Several types of center take center stage, such as Buckingham Palace. The City remains the financial heart of Europe, the link between Wall Street and Asia.
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Tue, Oct 21, 2008
Griff is in the French capital, object of great chauvinistic pride and vanity. Although resulting in a mind-boggling traffic mayhem, its street grid largely results from some ambitious planning. It's extremely rich in monuments, yet the Eiffeltower, hated by many celebrities, draws by far most visitors and a clandestine group does much-needed restoration rather then the city services, which concentrate on mundane daily concerns. The rich capital is obsessed with cuisine and fashion.