anastasiachayes – The Sixties and New York City Revisited

Anastasia Hayes: “Fear City”

I appreciated the fact that one of our last readings asked us to reflect on the changing meanings of the…

Jane Jacobs and Robert Moses encapsulate New York’s dueling impulses, a city as committed to its past as it is…

I am grateful to have had the opportunity to hear Mr. Fredericks speak, as it complicated my perception of the…

Much of this course has revolved around considerations of art and artists and how they shook America in the 1960s,…

Greenwich Village, emphatically called “The Village,” is one of New York’s most iconic neighborhoods. Its meanings rub up against each…

Having recently watched Paris is Burning, seeking out the history behind RuPaul’s Drag (a show I love shamelessly), I was pleased…

I greatly appreciated the opportunity to hear from and read about Mr. Fagiani, as it complicated my perception of Italian-American…

As the child of a historian, I have been raised to crave context. Aware of the Beats, the Beatniks, and the…

Marie Tyler Moore died, leading to the usual post-mortem parade of people commenting on her life and times. When asked…

I think the people behind The Warriors envisioned the film as a rousing tale of the youth gone wild, the city overtaken…