Author Archives: Ilanna Schuster

This week’s readings, particularly the chapters of Sanjek’s work, reiterated how diverse neighborhoods in New York are. People living in New York City today are exposed to people of dozens of different ethnicities and cultures on a daily basis. Personally, … Continue reading →

This week’s readings repeated our class discussions about institutionalized racism. I find it quite disturbing that attempts to improve living conditions in the slums were systematically aborted by the government’s open racism. This seems a bit strange to me, since … Continue reading →

I agree with the previous posts in that Jane Jacobs seems to be overly pessimistic, and that she didn’t always fully explain her statements and accusations. Still, she brings up some good points. As Zachy mentioned, a city is a … Continue reading →