Week Six: 1960s Television and 1960s New York City on Television
As an introduction to last week’s “Night at the Movies,” I raised some questions about locational and temporal genres, and…
As an introduction to last week’s “Night at the Movies,” I raised some questions about locational and temporal genres, and…
There is a loyalty that exists among police officers. They protect each other, no matter what. As a result, police…
The readings on the Knapp Commission and Friedan’s Feminine Mystique both spoke to broken systems that went unchallenged by the silence surrounding them….
When I was a kid in increasingly down and out 1950s Brooklyn, one of the ways I escaped what was happening…
This week’s readings really give an idea about what the “art scene” was in New York City in the 1960s….
When it comes to a major bridge, the history books all mention things like which mayor championed the project, who…
——————————————————————————————————————— Joseph Berger; Gay Talese Reminisces About Verrazano Construction Talese added: “That’s true of all these guys. They…
I appreciate the selection from Ada Calhoun’s St. Marks is Dead as it complicated the idea of “downtown.” As much as…
art ärt/ noun plural noun: the arts the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual…
It interesting to consider the the perception of New York City, both for New Yorkers and in the rest of…