What quantifies a city? The people, the amenities, the culture? What if such factors take a drastic change, is the city still the same? Such are the points which garner the platform of Sharon Zukin’s piece, Naked City, Zukin claims that cities have lost its “edge” and its “difference.” Chronic […]
Daily Archives: March 25, 2019
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The children’s cartoon show Arthur teaches various lessons about life, family, and education through the experiences of various characters. In an episode of the series, the character Brain has various dreams about the book The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson and replicates what […]
Over three decades ago, a band from New York City released a song that I think symbolizes what Sharon Zukin talks about in the chapter “How Brooklyn Became Cool.” In 1986, the Beastie Boys released the song No Sleep Till Brooklyn. Most people know that the song name is actually […]
In her book Naked City: The Death and Life of Authentic Urban Places, Zukin opens the chapter “Why Harlem is Not a Ghetto” by describing the atmosphere of Settepani, a restaurant in Harlem that has attracted tourists, new residents, and gentrifiers. Zukin associates Settepani and other well-known Harlem restaurants with […]
Growing up I was always told that Harlem was a dangerous neighborhood that was to be avoided at all costs. In my imagination it was a place of abandoned houses riddled with drugs and drug lords. Therefore, you can imagine my surprise after reading Sharon Zukin’s “Why Harlem is Not […]
