The Pursuit of Home with Scott Harris
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Real Estate Brokerage by Force Will Not Last (opens the original)
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Nearly ninety years ago, Napoleon Hill sat down to outline how success in business is built. Towards the end of his runaway bestselling book Think and Grow Rich, amid lessons on mindset and ambition, he delivered a stark observation about the shift happening in American commerce at the time: the era of the “public-be-damned” corporate monopoly was coming to an abrupt end, replaced by an era that demanded service.The Pursuit of Home with Scott Harris is a reader-supported
Pavement Property and Purpose (opens the original)
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The transition from casual runner to marathoner doesn’t happen overnight. It is built incrementally, one ungodly 5:00 AM alarm, one pair of worn-down shoes, and one brutal heat-rashed or rain-slicked mile at a time. It’s the quiet discipline of lacing up when the rest of the city is still sound asleep under heavy duvets, trading comfort for the steady rhythm of footfalls against cold pavement.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oY3u!,f_auto,
Why Did Architecture Give Up on Sky Bridges? (opens the original)
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Europe Reminds Us Of What Was PossibleThis past spring, I was wandering through the Gothic Quarter in Barcelona and navigating the tiny, winding cobblestone streets of Old Town Kraków. Aside from all the stunning Art Nouveau details (which I couldn’t help <a href="https://thepursuitofhome.substack.com/p/art-nouv
Manhattan’s Lost Highway (opens the original)
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If You Know You Know (Or Maybe You Don’t)Most New Yorkers think they know Riverside Park. They know the gentle strolls around the 79th Street Boat Basin, the dog runs near 87th, the sweeping lawns beneath Grant’s Tomb, or the cherry blossoms that light up Cherry Walk and Sakura Park every spring.But if you keep walking north—past 116th Street, where the tourist crowds thin out and the grand neoclassical vistas begin to fray around the edges—the park transforms into something altogether quieter,
The Last Vacation of Summer: Your Ice Cream Cone (opens the original)
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Soft-serve will always beat the artisanal coneThere is a precise moment every New York summer when the collective pulse of the city shifts. It happens around late May, usually right when the concrete begins to radiate that specific 88%+ humidity. You could be sitting outside a bistro in the West Village, nursing an $18 biodynamic Pet-Nat, or dissecting a review of a <a href="https://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/grocery/product/alec-s-alec-s-pistachio-crunch-ice-cream-
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