Robert Moses is a man that is known to have greatly impacted the physical features of the New York City we know today. The process of city building has changed drastically since his time, and therefore his influence on the building of NYC is unmatched. His contributions to the city […]
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Robert Moses has come to be known as a figure that single-handedly made New York City what it is today-physically speaking at least. During his time in power, his contributions were astounding not only in the number of public works completed, but also in the speed of their execution, in […]
As I pored over the readings this weekend, I couldn’t help but think of a video I had watched about redlining by the informative or irritating (depending on how you see the man) Adam Conover on the TV show Adam Ruins Everything. A video that I believe I had to […]
For the past six months residents of Brooklyn Heights have expressed concern over the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) proposal to turn the community’s beloved Promenade into a six lane highway in an effort to repair the Brooklyn Queens Expressway. Members of the neighborhood have responded by banding together to protest […]
Robert Moses had an extraordinary impact on New York City. From the Triborough, Whitestone, and Verrazano bridges, to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and the Prospect and Henry Hudson Parkways, Jones Beach, Central Park Zoo, playgrounds, public housing, and public swimming pools in every borough, his legacy is everywhere you look. For […]
It’s a classic, a song that all New Yorkers know and love, it’s Fred Ebb’s, “New York, New York.” Written by Ebbs in 1977 and famously performed by Frank Sinatra in 1979, this song can be seen as an attribute to the historic redevelopment of New York City that heavily […]
There will be an upcoming special election for the citywide election position of Public Advocate on February 26, 2019. As a result, anyone who isn’t currently registered or wants to change their voter registration by mail needs to do so by Friday, February 1, 2019 and postmarked by February 6, 2019. If you […]
Given our seminar questions – what makes a city? What makes New York, New York? – I wanted to offer students different representations of the city. In addition to the video playlist (New York represented with interviews, the moving image, etc.) below are some more representations of the city. Through […]
