Chapter 6 of Tom Angotti’s book New York for Sale: Community Planning Confronts Global Real Estate called “Making the Plans Official” explores how community planning has a presence in New York, but zoning has been taking a priority over community plans. The city charter change in 1989 did little to […]
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Besides the impact gentrification has had on the people who live in cities, Winifred Curran examines how manufacturing businesses are being forced to move out of cities and either relocate or cease to exist. Rather than placing the blame on competition between global manufacturing businesses and deindustrialization, Curran makes a […]
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 […]
Billy Joel’s song “We Didn’t Start the Fire” names numerous events, ideas, and objects that were prevalent in popular culture and politics during the latter half of the 20th Century, many of which were controversial such as the creation of the hydrogen bomb, President Nixon’s Watergate scandal, and the Cold […]
The company Nintendo is notorious for making video games that offer unique interactive experiences, such as their popular franchise Animal Crossing. The Animal Crossing series of video games allows people to take on the role of a new resident in a town full of talking animals that have all sorts […]
