Talk:Manhattanization

message: The actual apparently definition we have on there now is:
"Manhattanization was a pejorative word used by critics of the highrise buildings going up in San Francisco, California during the 1960s and 1970s, who were concerned the skyscrapers would block views of the surrounding hills. The term "Manhattanization" has been applied to Miami, Florida and Las Vegas, Nevada recently, in an economic light."
The rest of the article seems to suggest that the term means any sort of urban development with high rises does this really need its own entry?--Loodog 22:56, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Sounds like a neologism to me. Put it up for AfD if you feel it's unencyclopedic. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 01:27, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I said AfD, not speedy :p I think it could have merit, I'm just not sure how much. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 01:14, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: My fault.  Fixed now.--Loodog 01:36, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It seems like a good idea to have this article. I'd like to see evidence of it being used esp. articles from the 60s ad 70s from SF. But...we can't just assume that because skyscrapers are being put up that it's Manhattanization. Manhattanization is changing the characteristic cityscape of a city through building tall buildings.  If they already exist than it's not Manhattanization.  Manhattanization isn't simply a building boom. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Arthurian Legend (talk • contribs) 15:33, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: True.  Manhattanization is an special kind of building boom.  And there are sources cited  Miami's Manhattanization   -   Marc Averette 15:38, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

text: Your nomination was incomplete, so I fixed it. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 16:53, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Does this really deserve an article

message: The word isn't even defined in this article:
"Manhattanization was a pejorative word used by critics of the highrise buildings going up in San Francisco, California during the 1960s and 1970s, who were concerned the skyscrapers would block views of the surrounding hills. The term "Manhattanization" has been applied to Miami, Florida recently, in an economic light."
All that I've learned is: manhattanization is a word.  This is like if I were to say "existentialism is a word used by 19th-century philosophers."  Not exactly useful.  Could we get a DEFINITION, here?--Loodog 04:23, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Man·hat·tan·ize       (mān-hāt'n-īz', mən-)  Pronunciation Key  
tr.v.   Man·hat·tan·ized, Man·hat·tan·iz·ing, Man·hat·tan·iz·es 
To transform the appearance and character of (a city) by constructing tall and densely situated buildings. 
Man·hat'tan·i·za'tion (-ĭ-zā'shən) n.    -   Marc Averette 13:19, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: A source on this please?--Loodog 05:23, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Nm.  Found one.--Loodog 05:24, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  definition 

message: The photo of "Biscayne" doesn't make it clear where it is.  There is no link.  To a non-american Biscayne is not an internationaly known name, where is it? --Brideshead 09:37, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: photos

message: This article is supposed to be about the international phenomenon of Manhattanization.  Do we need three Miami pictures to demonstrate this?  We don't think Dubai needs at least one pic when Miami has three.--Loodog 00:59, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  We need 3 Miami pics? 

message: google search Miami Manhattanization.
I can find only the unscholarly usemenow.com posting that is cited here, oodles of references to the article Wikipedia put up, and answers.com (but wait!  they get their articles from us (WP)), but I'll be damned if I can find one reliable source that calls Miami's development Manhattanization.  
What we're doing right now is writing an article about what we think a term that doesn't exist (until we invented it) means.  I'm not trying to be a dick, but I really want to try to get this thing deleted again since it's somebody's op-ed piece.  The sources this article stands on are tenuous at best.--Loodog 02:51, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  We invented a word 

message: Regarding the repeated addition of material concerning Miami's recent construction news, this article is about the term "Manhattanization", not Miami's real estate developments.  If you disagree that such additions are inappropriate and irrelevant to the article,  please discuss here before readding.--Louiedog (talk) 18:31, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article is not about Miami's real e 

message: There's a second meaning to this term not mentioned in the article which refers to Manhattan's seemingly greater connections to the rest of the world than the rest of the USA - the term is used to describe similar processes in cities such as London.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Incka (talk • contribs) 23:50, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Second meaning: cultural/ethnic diversity 

message: Please note that I added the gallery not just to spam the page with pretty pictures but to manually increase the size, namely the length, of the page to help straighten it out due to the large pictures but short text, a problem which pushes some pages way out of shape in widescreen. B137 (talk) 08:28, 16 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gallery 

message: The last city remaining in the hidden text after I've chipped them away is panama city. Just for a mention without going into details a strong source is not necessary. But I hope to find one since their boom seems to have aligned with Miami and the strong economy of the mid oughts. panama advisory international group, an authored blog with name given
B137 (talk) 19:39, 21 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Panama refs 

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