Author Archives: splutser

Painted high on the brick wall of a building on Broadway and Waverly (NoHo), visible only from the roof deck of my friend’s building, is a huge, faded 50s Luna Park advertisement. Once visible from the street, it has long … Continue reading →

I certainly don’t know enough about Willets Point to judge whether this ethnic enclave (seems more like a class enclave) is really a leg up for the underclass or a trap that promises subsistence at the expense of upward mobility. … Continue reading →

Suarez-Orozco’s article makes an important distinction between the old and new waves of immigration, ande challenges many of the ideas about immigration and assimilation that he claims are no longer relevant, such as the “clean break” and homogeneity assumptions. Ellick’s … Continue reading →

Adam Ellick was frustrated during his stay in Jackson Heights – disappointed by the unfruitfulness of his search for a taste of bona fide ethnic culture. He decided that the neighborhood’s authenticity destined him for outsider status, but, reading the … Continue reading →

Though I have little to no personal experience of observing racial dynamics, Herman’s idea of residential, occupational political and general economic succession, where a group claims monopoly on vital, limited resources and improves conditions for their children, who then move … Continue reading →