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Walkable This Way: How Fashionista Derek Guy Became One of the Nation’s Best-Known Urbanists

The menswear icon has used his vast social media platform to wade into another culture war by promoting walkable neighborhoods over the alienating lifestyle of suburban sprawl.
Walkable This Way: How  Fashionista Derek Guy Became One of the Nation’s Best-Known Urbanists

The menswear icon has used his vast social media platform to wade into another culture war by promoting walkable neighborhoods over the alienating lifestyle of suburban sprawl.

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Aaron Short has been a New York City journalist for more than 20 years. He's also co-author of the seminal oral history of Donald Trump, "The Method to the Madness" (St. Martin's Press, 2019)

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