"It is what this city is about, it's what carries the city, it's the soul of the city, " said Becker, 42.
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It is just that the city's name has been simplified to the easier-to-pronounce identity of the empire that first built it: Mexico City.
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"The river was integral to the city's survival for hundreds of years and it was equally essential to the city that it disappeared, " said the artists.
Substitute Kenwyne Jones made it 3-3 but Santa Cruz's second won it for City before Michael Turner was sent off.
But it was City that started the strongest, with Micah Richards, playing at right-back, linking up dangerously with Shaun Wright-Phillips.
It was a goal worthy of winning any match and it gives City the edge for the second leg on Tuesday.
It seemed City's luck had run out after Michael Johnson had his kick saved by Heinze with the scores at 2-2.
It said city residents benefit from events in the park, and that Fashion Week generates millions of dollars for the local economy.
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In between those opportunities, it was City who almost took the lead.
Shortly after, the enigmatic Robinho almost sealed it for City but his shot was brilliantly diverted by Robinson, who dived low to his right.
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It leaves City manager Mark Hughes facing a striker crisis this weekend, with only Craig Bellamy of his front-line forwards likely to be available.
And as a tool for change, it allows city administrations to develop customer focus (another buzzword) and to examine how they allocate their resources.
Not only would it connect the Crescent City to the capital city, it could serve as a method of mass evacuation in time of hurricanes.
Allen ensured extra-time with his spectacular free-kick but Emmett Friars could have won it for City in normal time, his effort coming off the bar.
As the wide sweep of the Neretva river runs down from the high ground, it enters the city of Mostar where it narrows between steep-sided river banks.
The developer offered to build a 100-acre park and donate it to the city--if it got permits to build an underground parking garage, a nature center and an art museum.
The Premier League advocates a break, but says the current schedule makes it impracticalManchester City boss Eriksson pushed for a winter break when he was England manager - and is still in favour.
Finally, somehow, he makes it to City Hall's front door, and a line of suited men stand firmly in the way, like bouncers to a posh nightclub, keeping the snapping hordes at bay.
Kuyt sidefooted high from six yards out but it was City who went closest when a corner was not properly cleared and Beasley rattled the woodwork with a shot from just inside the area.
Real sits 11 points behind league leader and arch rival Barcelona in the title race, while it faces city neighbor Atletico Madrid in the final of the Copa del Rey, the country's top domestic cup competition.
Everton's new Croatian striker Jelavic, signed from Rangers, was paraded on the pitch at the break in an effort to inspire the home crowd, although it was City who began to attack with purpose when play resumed, Aguero having a penalty shout when his driving run was brought to an end.
Apart from the city officials who are defending it, what do people think about it in the city overall?
It is a city that has been transformed since it ended its reliance upon tax-supported debt more than four years ago.
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"It is my city and my football club and it is a huge football club and people don't realise that but it is, " he said.
"We will be working very closely with the local authority to make the most of it for the city centre and the businesses within it, " he said.
It's a city that proves it's possible to be elegant, seductive, beguiling and primed for the future.
It comes a day after City said it had acquired the rights to Major League Soccer's (MLS) 20th expansion franchise from 2015 in a partnership with the New York Yankees baseball club.
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