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The Demise of Tokyo's Master Builder

The Demise of Tokyo's Master Builder

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May 21, 2010
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One night in March, 1991, several thousand workers began loading boxes into waiting trucks for a move across town. Tokyo's municipal government was shifting its office from its traditional location near the Imperial Palace to a towering new city hall in the Shinjuku district (which appropriately enough literally means "new lodgings”.)

The move required 3…

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