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Professor: Dr. Peter Vellon
peter.vellon@qc.cuny.edu
Instructional Technology Fellow: Caroline Erb-Medina
cerb@gc.cuny.edu
Category Archives: April
Riots, Riots, Riots.
I was much appalled after reading the chapter “Riots” in the book Five Points by Tyler Anbinder. In the present day, the New York Police Department is, from what I understand, supposedly one of the best departments in the country, so … Continue reading
Posted in April 23
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Discrimination Causes Riots
It seems to me that once politics and political leaders became prominent in Five Points, things started to get messy and complicated. The Irish of Five Points were already struggling in finding jobs, fitting in, and trying to make a … Continue reading
Posted in April 23
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Power Struggle
Descriptions of division, clashing, violence, and anger in this week’s readings reminded me a lot about the movie “Gangs of New York”. Having seen the movie, I noticed the distinct clashing between the nativists and the Irish, which I can relate especially to the Anbinder … Continue reading
Posted in April 23
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The Anatomy of a Riot
In this week’s Five Points readings, Anbinder discusses the cause and effects of riots in 1850’s New York City. The violence featured bitter Irish Five Pointers who felt they were being given the short end of stick in the labor … Continue reading
Posted in April 23, Evan Lefkovitz
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The Artist’s Community
During the 70′s and 80′s artists of the East Village thrived. Radiant Child, is a documentary on Jean- Michel Basquiat that shows how anyone who presents his work as art, is thereby an artist. Art was an open door and … Continue reading
Posted in April 23
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Response to Rieder
As Rieder describes, minorities, particularly blacks in this case, were used as scapegoats for people to blame their problems on. Even within their own ethnic groups people created sub-groups which they felt superior to, such as the Jewish woman talking about … Continue reading
Posted in April 23
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Discrimination Reaches its Boiling Point
Throughout the semester, we have discussed the different types of hardships and prejudice faced by immigrants in New York City. We learned that they faced discrimination in the workplace with low wages and poor working conditions. We studied the horrible … Continue reading
Posted in April 23, Serinna Bradfield
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Same Place, New Image
Up until this point we’ve been spending a lot of time discussing the decrepit, decaying image of the Lower East Side and how this image contributed to the abandonment and lack of growth in the area. For the first time … Continue reading
Posted in Amanda Lederman, April 23
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Remaking of a Slum
After the Civil War, Five Points went through some changes, yet stayed the same in some aspects. Even though many immigrants moved into better neighborhoods, overcrowding and dirtiness persisted. Even with the building codes that included tenement regulations and the … Continue reading
Posted in April 16
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Discrimination Against The Southern Italian Immigrants
While reading “The Religious Boundaries of an Inbetween People: Street Feste and the Problem of the Dark-Skinned Other in Italian Harlem, 1920-1990” by Robert Orsi, I learned something that I had never known before. I know that people from many … Continue reading
Posted in April 16, Simranjit Kaur
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