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Meet you at the Circl-Serv!

Miko — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 06:26:57 -0800

"The plans for Victory City have evolved over a period of 38 years, nurtured by the vision and dedication of Victory City's inventor, Orville Simpson II [no relation]. Mr. Simpson conceived of the general idea of Victory City in 1936, when he was only 13 years old. Afraid of being ridiculed, Mr. Simpson kept his ideas about designing and building the City of the Future to himself … a secret vision he held in his mind... It wasn't until 1960 — after he had embarked on a lucrative career in real estate investing and apartment building management — that Mr. Simpson decided to make his ideas about Victory City known to the general public."

Percentage of city’s households with digital receivers- 11

beaucoupkevin — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 07:37:53 -0800

The City Desk is a blog dedicated to covering the history and traditions of a city that does not exist. Get the dirt on about the tramway that never happened or take a gander at fascinating statistics about the population. Heck, there's even a definitive origin for the term "Black Friday."

But Main Street's still all cracked and broken... Sorry, Mom, the mob has spoken!

Afroblanco — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 11:43:02 -0800

Ray Bradbury proposes monorail-bulding in LA.
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tranquileye — Tue, 12 Jun 2001 09:53:09 -0800

Do you have a favourite city park? Nominate it for the Great Parks/Great Cities Awards, to be presented this July in New York. And read about Dufferin Grove Park in Toronto; neighbors came together to help the city manage the park when they found out that the Parks Department had allotted no money for its upkeep.

vanderwal — Mon, 26 Mar 2001 04:41:26 -0800

Washington DC Metro Popularity is Possible Problem as physical limitations may hinder expansion and usability in future years.