Megalopolis

Outside the bankrupt cities we live in Megalopolis which has no geographical limits.

“I dedicate this work to the U.S.A., that it become just another part of the world, no more, no less.” : Kenneth Goldsmith : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007

Consider the view on a clear night flight: on the eastern seaboard we now live in a continuous city, popularly called Megalopolis, that stretches from Washington through New York and up to Boston.

The Interstate Sprawl System 2009

On top of all that, Coppola the elder was also working on what probably would have been the most ambitious film in an often ambitious filmography: a picture called Megalopolis, which he planned to direct, based on an original screenplay that he had been re-writing through literally a hundred or more substantial drafts since the early 80s.

The Liberation of Francis Ford Coppola Handy, Bruce 2007

The city, founded by the Leleges, was at first called Megalopolis, then Ninoe, and finally Aphrodisias.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

One was to consolidate the Arcadians by building them a great central city, to be called Megalopolis (Great City), and inhabited by people from all parts of the state.

Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Charles Morris 1877

Consequently, a new city was built on the banks of the Helisson, called Megalopolis, and peopled by the inhabitants of forty distinct Arcadian townships.

A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest William Smith 1853

Larry Keigwin has let his inner club kid out again-the same one we've glimpsed in works like "Megalopolis"-only this time, he digs deeper.

The New Yorker newyorker.com 2011

Start with "Megalopolis," the name applied by demographer Jean Gottmann in his 1961 book of the same name to the region that started in southern New England, centered on New York City, and ended in Washington, D.C.

The Great Lone Star Migration Michael Barone 2011

Larry Keigwin will present his "Megalopolis," set to a mash-up of music by Steve Reich and M.I.A. The piece was commissioned by the Juilliard School and features six Keigwin + Company dancers and 10 Juilliard seniors.

Betting Easy Money on Dance This Fall 2010

Mr. Keigwin made dynamite choices in "Megalopolis" class of 2011, a divinely well-structured encounter between formalism and club culture set to Steve Reich and the singer M.I.A.

NYT > Home Page By CLAUDIA LA ROCCO 2011