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When I wasn’t chasing down the soccer ball, I took to jogging around ca to bachata tunes on my iPod Alison hadn’t liked the Dominican music I listened to, so it was kind of funny that I now used her gift to play it constantly

Ear buds firmly in place, I headed for an Urban Studies lecture The class had remained an uncomfortable place in my life Alison still shot lance at her In contrast, Bella studiously ignored est conversation we’d had in the past teeks occurred when I held our entryway door open for her, and she’d said "thank you"

The lecture hall was nearly full when I slipped in, nabbing a seat against the back wall "Let’s get started," Professor Giulios called "We have a lot to cover today I’ out the final projects This is for all the ot quiet

"At the end of e froan to tick then and redevelop half of a New York City block The winning team will come up with the best concepts both econoiant eyesore, you will e of your construction for the benefit of both the tenants and the neighborhood But paying for your developne "

I scribbled notes furiously as he spoke This was going to be fun I’d seen dozens of redevelopht to be able to co

"Last year I put my students to work on a block on the Lower East Side This year? West 165th Street"

I dropped hborhood

The professor projected a photo on the screen at the head of the room, and a fa co lot beside it I was pretty sure people often slept on the sidewalk there, because that side of the street didn’t have ht, it was pretty dark and y

"Here we are," Professor Giulio said "This structure has been conde lot beside it to play with, too" He gave rough dimensions for the developable area, and I scribbled them down

So in our design?"

The professor shook his head "This parking lot is too impractical to worry about Any other questions? Don’t you want to hear about the prize?" He grinned "Every year I have soe the tea to be Mr Jimmy Chan, the couy who licenses food trucks in New York" The professor rubbed his hands together "The winning teaht before exams to have a food-truck dinner with Ji a date"

At that, I sat up straighter into convince my mother that Tipico, our family restaurant, should have a food truck, too Food trucks charged higher prices than we could get in Washington Heights Parking that sucker on Wall Street at noon? We could double our take