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Chapter 1
The Music Cities Convention
The Music Cities Convention is the world’s first conference focusing on the relationship between city planning and the music industry.
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Chapter 2
Soundscapes and acoustic ecology
What do you hear when you travel around a city? Traffic in the streets, chatter in cafés, a bustling souk with hawkers selling their wares or ear-shattering construction works overhead? Many despise these sounds while others crave them. We find out the beauty when we listen to the city.
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Chapter 3
Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival
Founded eight years ago by two clubbers – Jen Lyon and Katie Longmyer – who wanted to bring the music they loved to Brooklyn. The idea isn’t all about commercial success but rather the chance to foster a local dance-music scene by nurturing home-grown talent and bringing in artists from further afield.
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Chapter 4
New York series: Community gardens
It’s not just pedestrian plazas that are threatened in New York: community gardens are also another target and may soon disappear to make way for more affordable housing. We discover the value of urban gardening and venture north to the Bronx to visit one of the city’s vital community gardens.
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