Macaulay Connections

Would New York City without immigrants be like New York City without Central Park or the Empire State Building–i.e., almost unimaginable? On February 11 as part of the Macaulay Perspectives series, Joseph Berger, a New York Times reporter and columnist for a quarter-century, talked about the impact of immigration on New York–it's neighborhoods, commerce, culture, and social life–and the riches that have resulted and tensions that sometimes arise. The question and answer period proved lively, with students in the City Seminar, "The Peopling of New York," in attendance.