Brooklyn
Of Green Awnings And Dollar Signs
Betsy Morais |
A business revitalization plan in Harlem tests the balance between progress and preservation.
Economy
Maybe Beloved Shops Don't Have To Disappear
Nicholas Jahr |
A range of ideas is proffered to stall the trend of older businesses’ extinction – though it could be too late for one block in Chelsea.
ARTS and CULTURE
Upstart Could Bring Hip-Hop To The Hill
Curtis Stephen |
Kevin Powell seeks to channel that Obama youth energy into a victory in Brooklyn’s 10th District over incumbent Congressman Edolphus Towns.
ARTS and CULTURE
Will The Real New York Liberal Please Stand Up
Robert Neuwirt |
Though flawed, this analysis of the last few decades’ politics yields a needed recipe for change.
Economy
It's Not Just Academic: Union Rights On Campus
Jason Kosnoski |
A new book tells the tale of unionization at NYU — and why it could not succeed on a ‘corporate’ campus.
ARTS and CULTURE
Why 'The Other Half' Lived — And Lives On
Nicholas Jahr |
A book explores the ideology and influence of Jacob Riis.
Brooklyn
From Polonia To Hotspot: A Less Ethnic Greenpoint
Stephen Nessen |
The Old Country’s influence declines in New York’s most Polish neighborhood.
Government
Would 125th St. Rezoning Mean A Dream Deferred?
Kate Pastor |
It’s almost decision time for City Planning’s Harlem vision, which is causing high anxiety.
ARTS and CULTURE
It's Not A Movement Without A Movie
Karen Loew |
New York City’s activist and advocacy communities are putting their interests on video like never before.
Brooklyn
An Atlas of Local Plans: Pointing the Way Forward?
Adam Pincus |
Dozens of community districts’ development plans are being collected in one place – but is it a map of political frustration?
