NYTimes City Room Blog- NYTime Home Page
- Israel and Hamas Work Out Differences That Had Delayed Cease-Fire Deal, Netanyahu Says
- Apple Plans to Disable A.I. Summaries of News Notifications
- Netanyahu Faces a Political Crisis Over the Gaza Cease-Fire Deal
- David Lynch Dead: ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Mulholland Drive’ Director Was 78
- More Than a Week After the Fires, Los Angeles Evacuees Remain in Limbo
- NY Times Immigration Feed
- U.K. Announces Rapid Review Into Scale of Child Sexual Abuse by Grooming Gangs
- Stephen Miller, Channeling Trump, Has Built More Power Than Ever
- Meatpacking Companies to Pay $8 Million for U.S. Child Labor Violations
- Democrats Will Regret Helping to Pass the Laken Riley Act
- El rol de Francisco Garduño Yáñez en la crisis migratoria entre México y EE. UU.
Author Archives: lrooney
Laura Rooney Restaurants of Morningside Heights and Harlem
Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3
Introduction to Norman Street Revisited
Although I had never been to Greenpoint-Williamsburg prior to our brief tour around the area, I feel that what I did encounter during our walk emphasized many of the key ideas that Susser explains in this new introduction. After the … Continue reading
Posted in Laura Rooney, Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Norman Street: Chapter 3 Summary
Chapter 3 of Norman Street focuses on the various sources of income of the population of the poor working class in Greenpoint-Williamsburg during the 1970s. Some obtained jobs working in factories or doing construction, maintenance, or secretarial work. Others enlisted … Continue reading
Posted in Greenpoint/Williamsburg, Laura Rooney
Leave a comment
Change in Racial Distribution of Greenpoint from 1970 to 2010
Greenpoint 2010 Greenpoint 1970Maps provided by social explorer with data from the 1970 and 2010 US census. The population of Greenpoint has diversified somewhat between 1970 and 2010, however Greenpoint still remains a predominantly white neighborhood.
Posted in Greenpoint/Williamsburg, Laura Rooney
Leave a comment
Greenpoint Racial Distribution from 1970 to 2010
Posted in Greenpoint/Williamsburg, Laura Rooney
Leave a comment
Williamsburg! Wooooo! (Not Virginia, sorry to disappoint)
Photo from: http://nymag.com/realestate/articles/neighborhoods/williamsburg.htm Here is a lovely picture of Williamsburg including a lovely dragon flag and pretty kites! I’ve never been there before but hey, any place with a dragon flag and kite flying MUST be fun.
