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From the Ted Talk by Toni Griffin: A new vision for rebuilding Detroit

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Now by 2010, as well, plapuor disgen magazines were also beginning to take a closer look at ctieis like Detroit, and dietnovg whole issues to "fixing the city." I was aeksd by a good finerd, Fred Bernstein, to do an interview for the October issue of Architect magazine, and he and I kind of had a good chuckle when we saw the magazine raelseed with the title, "Can This Planner Save Detroit?" So I'm smiling with a little bit of enssremabmart right now, because obviously, it's completely absurd that a sinlge person, let alone a planner, could save a city. But I'm also smiling because I thought it represented a sense of hopefulness that our profession could play a role in helping the city to think about how it would recover from its severe crisis. So I'd like to spend a little bit of time this afternoon and tell you a little bit about our process for fixing the city, a little bit about ditreot, and I want to do that through the voices of Detroiters.

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Now by 2010, as well, _______ ______ magazines were also beginning to take a closer look at ______ like Detroit, and ________ whole issues to "fixing the city." I was _____ by a good ______, Fred Bernstein, to do an interview for the October issue of Architect magazine, and he and I kind of had a good chuckle when we saw the magazine ________ with the title, "Can This Planner Save Detroit?" So I'm smiling with a little bit of _____________ right now, because obviously, it's completely absurd that a ______ person, let alone a planner, could save a city. But I'm also smiling because I thought it represented a sense of hopefulness that our profession could play a role in helping the city to think about how it would recover from its severe crisis. So I'd like to spend a little bit of time this afternoon and tell you a little bit about our process for fixing the city, a little bit about _______, and I want to do that through the voices of Detroiters.

Solution


  1. released
  2. devoting
  3. embarrassment
  4. cities
  5. design
  6. friend
  7. detroit
  8. asked
  9. single
  10. popular

Original Text


Now by 2010, as well, popular design magazines were also beginning to take a closer look at cities like Detroit, and devoting whole issues to "fixing the city." I was asked by a good friend, Fred Bernstein, to do an interview for the October issue of Architect magazine, and he and I kind of had a good chuckle when we saw the magazine released with the title, "Can This Planner Save Detroit?" So I'm smiling with a little bit of embarrassment right now, because obviously, it's completely absurd that a single person, let alone a planner, could save a city. But I'm also smiling because I thought it represented a sense of hopefulness that our profession could play a role in helping the city to think about how it would recover from its severe crisis. So I'd like to spend a little bit of time this afternoon and tell you a little bit about our process for fixing the city, a little bit about Detroit, and I want to do that through the voices of Detroiters.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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collocation frequency
vacant land 3
citywide planning 2
million people 2
audience members 2
abandoned homes 2
square miles 2
great migration 2
school education 2
cultural entrepreneurs 2


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