The Rake

RAKE COMMENDS: NEW YORK CITY

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As cities go, New York is the girl at school who was good at everything, liked by everyone and irresistible to everyone who crossed her path. And I don’t even hate her for it. Her relentless energy is contagious, coursing through the city streets, casting light on up-and-comers in the worlds of art, music, food and theatre, and sparking conversations between neighbourhoods you haven’t even heard of yet. She’s impossible to keep up with, but one can’t help but get caught up in the drama and delights of her sprawling, skyscraper-lined chaos. Le Corbusier once wrote: “A hundred

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