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The question of the role to be played by air freight in international distribution systems has always been controversial. Airlines have been only too willing to extol what are, by now, the well‐known benefits of air freight: that it can reduce packing, insurance, inventory and warehousing costs, and allow for comparatively risk‐free test marketing. However, within the distribution industry, whilst the usefulness of air freight for emergency and perishable shipments is not in doubt, there is still concern over the high levels of air freight rates compared to those of surface transport, the often poor standards of air freight ground handling, and the limited speed and service advantage which air transport holds over surface operators on short haul routes.

In its ongoing search for a global identity, the city of Sydney, Australia, has looked to other cities for inspiration and direction. Like many of these cities, Sydney's Central Business District, and the former industrial areas that surround it, are being transformed through 'apartment' (condominium) development. Many are marketed as 'New York–style lofts' via a flurry of promotions that suggest a distinctly generic and global form of cosmopolitan urbanism. The essay details how this recent spate of Manhattanization rests not only on a cache of historically embedded Manhattan imaginaries, but on localized socio–cultural moments that are part of Sydney's particular experience of SoHo Syndrome. Tracing the pathways to Sydney's version of the global phenomenon of loft living has enabled a deeper understanding of the city's evolving built and cultural landscapes.