Category Archives: March 13
Keeping Our City Afloat/Brand-Name Living
“New York, New Deal” examines what New York was like immediately following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. I enjoyed reading the different proposals people had to rebuild the Downtown area, and I appreciate that the article addressed many … Continue reading
NYC: A Complicated Love Story
To contrast Bloomberg’s New York and The New Deal spurs off many opposing, yet both logical ideas and thoughts. While we can all agree that New York City is quite a complicated and complex place, the approach to fixing our … Continue reading
I Wouldn’t Mind a New Age New Deal
How to alleviate economic woes in New York City? Well, that’s a loaded question. We were presented with two almost contrasting views this week on attempts and theories for correcting some of the economic issues that have resulted from or … Continue reading
Not Everyone Agrees with Bloomberg
Bloomberg’s plan was to display New York City as a single product to attract businesses to settle in New York. Branding New York City as the “Luxurious City” would ensure that only the elite companies, which were not concerned with … Continue reading
I <3 NY
To my surprise, I found this weeks readings pretty interesting. Branding NY in general was such an interesting concept to me. It was great reading about the “I Love NY” plan of the 70s, if only because it is still … Continue reading
Solutions to the Recession
The readings from The New Deal and Bloomberg’s New York both address different ways to deal with New York’s economy. In this case, the recession is the question in concern. On one end Wallace proposes to solve New York City’s … Continue reading
