But he also sketches a portrait of a place that is not just a city, but an idea, and a dream.
Two deadly collapses in 2008 spurred reforms and even criminal charges, but another crane fell and killed a worker in the city just this past April, at a subway construction site largely exempt from city safety rules.
New York was just a huge city with high-rises and lots of people and noise.
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Rivendale is just a city built in the side of a mountain, nothing special.
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Because of their vast power, when Fed officials make errors, they harm not just a city or state or region.
"Paris is not just a foreign city, " says Browne, a certified France specialist who also offers black history tours elsewhere in France.
"Industry is a city just like any other, "he mumbles, straight-faced.
However, a new route opening in 2015 will expand the MAX to Milwaukie, a small city just seven miles south of Portland, connecting the inner Southeast neighbourhoods to the downtown core at the same time.
At a kindergarten just outside the capital city Tallinn, a class of five year olds crowd around a PC, searching the internet for cartoon websites.
"There seems to be a suggestion, that just by walking in a city square, you give up your rights to be anonymous, " he said.
Mr Giuliani, a Republican, reversed the policing policies of a man who was not just a Democrat, but the city's first black mayor.
And in a city, just about anything, including groceries, can be delivered to your door.
Today, it is a city of just over 700, 000 residents, confronting widespread poverty, blight and diminished municipal services.
Of course, just because a city ranks high on the list doesn't make it a den of debauchery.
Of course, just because a city isn't rated highly for singles doesn't make it a bad place--it might be great for families or retirees.
"I was determined that Brussels wouldn't become a city where just the rich live in the centre and the poor are on the outside, " he told me.
The affected woman, who was originally screened during an outbreak linked to a city pub just over a year ago, is receiving treatment and is expected to make a full recovery.
Kevin Starr, the leading historian of California and a fourth-generation San Franciscan, points out that his city has always been unsure about whether it is a serious city or just a pretty face.
It is just such a beautiful city.
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This work eventually fed into the creation of Twitter, which lets not just vehicle fleets but regular people broadcast instant status updates with no need for specialized equipment, and not just across a city grid but across the globe.
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Whether you're a knowledgeable local or just touring the city, you can locate your ideal bar at the tap of a button.
Well, get ready for some one-upping: here at a New York City press event, ASUS just announced a line of lightweight, touchscreen laptops, and let's just say the prices are pretty aggressive.
It's a classic problem, of course, in a city where buildings are stacked just a few feet apart from one another, but exacerbated by the fact that hotel guests tend to have fewer inhibitions when staying in another city.
The fourth and remaining side includes a major highway leading to Pakistan's capital city of Islamabad, just a 90 minute drive away.
Later that day, the police transferred her to a prison they had set up just for women in a wing of the city's central jail.
Richards survived a handball shout just outside the City area before the visitors broke United's brief early grip.
When asked if Chicago has a certain style of barbecue, food writer Calvin Trillin (a Kansas City native) just shrugs.
Home to over 10 million people, the best policy is to make the most of just a few of the city's districts.
Those numbers are expected to soon drop, just as a sprawling tent city is constructed nearby to house thousands of displaced Haitians, perhaps permanently.
The meetup said its membership rose 30% in the past year, and the nonprofit group represents just a portion of the city's digital industries.
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