Back-Channel Deal; Jane Jacobs' "Eyes on the Street"

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BACK CHANNEL--120,000 Google hits, 17,200 Google Groups hits
BACK CHANNEL DEAL--101 Google hits, 8 Google Groups hits
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i checked OED and there is no hit for "back channel"? Is that right?
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Is the "back channel deal" especially noteworthy?
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_http://www.thevillager.com/villager_108/parkrowpartially.html_ 
(http://www.thevillager.com/villager_108/parkrowpartially.html) 
“We’ve all been banging our heads against the wall for three and a half  
years. Between the Police Department and Bloomberg, we’ve had zero  communication,
” said Lee. He said the goal of the meeting was to try to find a  “
back-channel deal,” meaning that if no deal were agreed upon, the group would  walk 
away with lips sealed. Bloomberg and Lopez, who rose to the Council on the  
strength of her community activism on the Lower East Side, have a “wonderful,  
oddball relationship,” said Lee.
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_Buses return – a Chinatown-City Hall  connection_ 
(http://downtownexpress.com/de_106/busesreturnachinatown.html) 
... He said the meeting was to  look for a “back-channel deal,” meaning that 
if  no
deal were met, the group would walk away with lips sealed.  ...
downtownexpress.com/de_106/busesreturnachinatown.html - 19k - _Cached_ 
(http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:-aaQyZe7gLcJ:downtownexpress.com/de_106/busesre
turnachinatown.html+"back+channel+deal"&hl=en&ie=UTF-8)  - _Similar pages_ 
(http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=related:downtownexpress.com/de
_106/busesreturnachinatown.html)  
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"EYES ON THE STREET"
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Surely Fred Shapiro-worthy?
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EYES ON THE STREET--10,300 Google hits, 133 Google hits
_http://www.morningside-heights.net/amster.htm_ 
(http://www.morningside-heights.net/amster.htm) 
Amsterdam Avenue is currently a poor cousin  to the vibrancy of _Broadway_ 
(http://www.morningside-heights.net/cafe.htm) . Here are some  suggestions how 
to fix it. The single biggest issue is to get more "eyes on the  street" (a 
phrase from Jane Jacobs' Death and Life of Great American  Cities) to improve the 
feeling of security in the area. This part of the  neighborhood is 
underserved with respect to dining opportunities, despite the  customer base in its 
apartment buildings, classroom buildings and the hospital.  The concrete platform 
at 116th St. needs to go because it creates a gloomy  tunnel for pedestrians 
and causes traffic accidents. 
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_New York Folklore Society Newsletter_ 
(http://www.nyfolklore.org/pubs/news/nlfw98/greensp.html) 
... whose "eyes on the street" theory  gave credence to the notion that 
social ...
Rincon Criollo is also a  testament to Jacobs’ "eyes on the street.  ...
www.nyfolklore.org/pubs/news/nlfw98/greensp.html - 15k - _Cached_ 
(http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:arYTd4e_HxIJ:www.nyfolklore.org/pubs/news/nlfw98/gre
ensp.html+"eyes+on+the+street"&hl=en&ie=UTF-8)  - _Similar pages_ 
(http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=related:www.nyfolklore.org/pubs/news/nl
fw98/greensp.html)  
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_Another reason for bikes_ 
(http://groups-beta.google.com/group/flora.cfsc/browse_thread/thread/59b78752bf085421/3e436209ba8b5068?q="eyes+on+the+street"&rnu
m=3&hl=en#3e436209ba8b5068)  
... Effort  must also be placed on Education, Encouragement and Enforcement. 
Peter  McNichol
This is basic Jane Jacobs and her 'eyes on the  street' theory. ...   
_flora.cfsc_ (http://groups-beta.google.com/group/flora.cfsc?hl=en)  - Jul 26 
2002, 4:06 pm by  Peter McNichol