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Charting the dawn-to-dusk working life of twelve of the greatest cities around the world.

For the first time in human history, more than half of us live in cities. Vibrant, complex, colossal - what drives their success?

'One Day In' charts the working life, from dawn to dusk, of 12 of the greatest cities around the world. From Shanghai to Moscow, Sao Paolo to Joburg - we'll meet the pioneers of industry, technology, economics and culture who make these cities tick.

One Day In: New York

13/10/2012 GMT

New York

BBC World News - One Day In, New York

In one day In New York we meet the 27-year old from Kyrgystan who's revolutionizing online fashion and we go onstage with one of Broadway's newest sensations.

For the first time in human history more than half of us live in cities.  Vibrant, complex, colossal - what drives their success?  New York - anchored by a strip of land only 13 miles long and 3 miles wide - has somehow become one of the most important cities in the world.  It's the distilled essence of the land of opportunity.  In one day we meet the 27-year old from Kyrgystan who's revolutionizing online fashion; visit the subterranean world that keeps the city cool; and go onstage with one of Broadway's newest sensations.

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