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Retrospective: 1095 Days Since Hurricane Katrina

Retrospective: 1095 Days Since Hurricane Katrina

City Limits reports on the redevelopment efforts shaping New Orleans in our special August 2008 edition.

Photo by Pangaeus (August 27, 2010)

A Risky Play?

A Risky Play?

Was New York City's Shift To Artificial Turf A $300M Mistake?

Photo by Adi Talwar (August 24, 2010)

J. Glebocki Farm in Goshen, New York

J. Glebocki Farm in Goshen, New York

Photo by Marc Fader (August 19, 2010)

City Limits Retrospective: Youth in New York City

City Limits Retrospective: Youth in New York City

A Photo Essay of Life for Young People in New York City

Photo by Jarrett Murphy (July 27, 2010)

Does Big Apple Have Best Swimming Pools?

Does Big Apple Have Best Swimming Pools?

Photo by courtesy of the City of Houston (July 21, 2010)

A Day In The Life Of A City Marshal

A Day In The Life Of A City Marshal

Photo by Marc Fader (July 19, 2010)

Bed-Stuy Sounds Off At Town Hall Meeting

Bed-Stuy Sounds Off At Town Hall Meeting

Photo by Marc Fader (July 15, 2010)

13 Tenant Activists Arrested During Protest

13 Tenant Activists Arrested During Protest

Photo by Marc Fader (July 13, 2010)

Before The Fireworks: Revolution In New York!

Before The Fireworks: Revolution In New York!

Photo by Dmadeo (July 2, 2010)

Stephen Goldsmith's Privatization Past

Stephen Goldsmith's Privatization Past

Photo by Edward Reed/City Hall (June 30, 2010)

The Other Fight In Albany

The Other Fight In Albany

Vacancy Decontrol

Photo by Jarrett Murphy (June 22, 2010)

Staten Island Ferry Courses River

Staten Island Ferry Courses River

Photo by Marc Fader (June 15, 2010)

Books on Shelf

Books on Shelf

Photo by Jarrett Murphy (June 11, 2010)

World Cup Glory Pits Flushing V. Astoria

World Cup Glory Pits Flushing V. Astoria

New York City neighborhoods and the global game

Photo by Marc Fader (June 10, 2010)

Staten Island's Polluted Past

Staten Island's Polluted Past

Photo by Marc Fader (June 10, 2010)

Hunter's Point South Project

Hunter's Point South Project

Photo by courtesy of NYC EDC (June 9, 2010)

Brooklyn Borough Hall

Brooklyn Borough Hall

Photo by Jim Henderson (June 9, 2010)

River Park Towers

River Park Towers

Photo by Hannah Rappleye (May 25, 2010)

Brotherhood/Sister Sol

Brotherhood/Sister Sol

Photo by Marc Fader (May 24, 2010)

Women In Prison

Women In Prison

Photo by Patrick Egan (May 6, 2010)

Napolitano Pharmacy

Napolitano Pharmacy

Photo by Marc Fader (May 4, 2010)

Housing Activists Launch Campaign Targeting 4 State Senators

Housing Activists Launch Campaign Targeting 4 State Senators

About 75 New York housing activists gathered today on the steps of city hall to announce the launch of their efforts to persuade four state senators to support pro-tenant reform.

Photo by Kelly Virella (May 3, 2010)

1,500 Protest Plans to Eliminate 16 NYC Public Day Care Centers

1,500 Protest Plans to Eliminate 16 NYC Public Day Care Centers

About 1500 parents, children and other community activists marched across Brooklyn Bridge to City Hall Wednesday, to protest the Administration for Children's Services' plans to shutter 16 public day

Photo by Alice Proujansky (April 23, 2010)

A Brother's Homage

A Brother's Homage

Photo by Alice Proujansky (April 16, 2010)

Structured

Structured

Photo by Nathan Kensinger (April 16, 2010)

Yankee Stadium

Yankee Stadium

Photo by Jarrett Murphy (April 14, 2010)

Images of a Crisis: Jobless in New York

Images of a Crisis: Jobless in New York

Nearly one in five black men around the country is unemployed.

Photo by Colin Lenton (April 13, 2010)

A Rare Glimpse of Potter's Field

A Rare Glimpse of Potter's Field

On a small island at the edge of the Long Island Sound, the city's unclaimed dead are buried.

Photo by Eileen Markey (March 25, 2010)

What Lies Beneath

What Lies Beneath

Two projects, one for a bridge and one for a bus depot, worry those who want to protect an old burial ground.

Photo by Richard Caplan (March 25, 2010)

Talking Jobs On Capitol Hill

Talking Jobs On Capitol Hill

The Congressional Black Caucus gathered experts March 17 to discuss the alarming black unemployment rate.

Photo by George Dalton Tolbert IV (March 19, 2010)

The Art of Gentrification

The Art of Gentrification

A variety of artists and artworks interpret the vast changes in latter-day Brooklyn.

Photo by David Alm (March 15, 2010)

After the Earthquake

After the Earthquake

At a group home for orphaned children, which is largely supported by one Brooklyn woman, two dozen children are missing, but the rest carry on.

Photo by Michael Hicks (March 8, 2010)

Uniforms of All Kinds

Uniforms of All Kinds

An exhibit at Parsons has us look again at workers' garb.

Photo by Joscelyn Jurich (February 25, 2010)

'Children of Promise'

'Children of Promise'

With his father in prison, one Brooklyn boy struggles to be less fearful, sad and angry.

Photo by Richard Caplan (February 19, 2010)

Grabbing A Second Chance

Grabbing A Second Chance

Canayah Robinson and Tiffany Tobia, both 18, are taking advantage of a GED program at The Door, one of many programs affected by a new DYCD request for proposals.

Photo by Alissa Ambrose (February 11, 2010)

The Man Behind A New Movement

The Man Behind A New Movement

Geoffrey Canada is working off instinct. Is that enough for communities across the country to follow?

Photo by Rebecca Davis (February 4, 2010)

11237: One New York City Neighborhood in the Bloomberg Era

11237: One New York City Neighborhood in the Bloomberg Era

Bushwick, Brooklyn. A neighborhood of change, contrasts and economic stress.

Photo by Jarrett Murphy (October 1, 2009)

When Debt Spikes, Living Conditions Slide

When Debt Spikes, Living Conditions Slide

Activists say shoddy maintenance at properties like this one in the Bronx should serve as a warning.

Photo by Alice Proujansky (June 1, 2009)

The Chamber

The Chamber

A Week in the Life of the New York City Council

Photo by Jarrett Murphy (April 1, 2009)

A Late-Winter's Day on the Christopher Street Pier

A Late-Winter's Day on the Christopher Street Pier

Some LGBTQ youth activists take issue with the pier's renovation, but it's still a major draw for gay youth around the metro area.

Photo by By Alice Proujansky (March 23, 2009)

Last Stand

Last Stand

The Fight to Save NYC's Public Housing

Photo by Jarrett Murphy (February 1, 2009)

Exit Strategy

Exit Strategy

Sizing up NYC's Dropout Challenge

Photo by Jarrett Murphy (July 4, 2008)

The Facts of Life

The Facts of Life

It was all about peer education - with plenty of help from adults - at two sex and health events in May.

Photo by Alice Proujansky (June 9, 2008)

Boom and Bust By the Sea

Boom and Bust By the Sea

Development and disarray comprise much of the landscape of today's Rockaways.

Photo by Matt Schwarzfeld (June 9, 2008)

Life At the BEST Center

Life At the BEST Center

The Baruch Elders Services Team (BEST) serves older residents at Baruch Houses, a public housing complex and naturally occurring retirement community on the Lower East Side.

Photo by Alice Proujansky (May 5, 2008)

Target of Opportunities

Target of Opportunities

Has Michael Bloomberg's anti-poverty rhetoric matched his record?

Photo by Jarrett Murphy (April 1, 2008)

Homes For Afterward

Homes For Afterward

Ten visions of provisional living in NYC after an imaginary hurricane.

Photo by (February 18, 2008)

Deep Trouble

Deep Trouble

New York City's Silent Sewage Crisis

Photo by Jarrett Murphy (August 1, 2007)

Hard Costs

Hard Costs

The Rising Price of an Affordable New York

Photo by City Limits (April 1, 2007)

1984 City Limits Magazine Covers

1984 City Limits Magazine Covers

A look back at the cover stories from City Limits in 1984

Photo by City Limits (December 31, 1984)

1983 City Limits Magazine Covers

1983 City Limits Magazine Covers

The Koch Years

Photo by City Limits (December 31, 1983)

1982 City Limits Magazine Covers

1982 City Limits Magazine Covers

Photo by City Limits (December 31, 1982)

1981 City Limits Magazine Covers

1981 City Limits Magazine Covers

Photo by City Limits (December 31, 1981)

1980 City Limits Magazine Covers

1980 City Limits Magazine Covers

New York City in 1980, captured in City Limits

Photo by City Limits (December 31, 1980)

1978 City Limits Magazine Covers

1978 City Limits Magazine Covers

Photo by City Limits (December 31, 1978)

1976 - 1977 City Limits Magazine Covers

1976 - 1977 City Limits Magazine Covers

Founded in 1976 as a newsletter for the housing community.

Photo by City Limits (December 31, 1977)