November 2001
To celebrate our silver anniversary the City Limits staff compiled some up-to-date snapshots of the fighters, movements and communities that have moved the city forward over the last 25 years.
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Butler’s Last Stand
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By Deidre McFadyen
The Lien Machine
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By Matt Pacenza
911, A Flood in the Soup Kitchen
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By Matt Pacenza
Driven Out
Before September 11, the city’s 11,000 black car drivers drew nearly all of their work from downtown ... Read more
By Nora McCarthy
Half Empty Classrooms
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by Matt Pacenza
Waiting for the Rolls
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By Mark Greer
Space Offerings
Scrambling to stabilize business operations formerly lodged in and around the World Trade Center, ci ... Read more
By Megan Costello
A Larger-Than-Life Loss
Local Guyanese community mourns 9/11 losses.
By Dan Hendrick
Services in the Streets
A candlelight vigil organized by Casita Maria, a settlement house on Simpson Avenue, tried to offer ... Read more
By Maura McDermott
Darkness at Deepavali
9/11 hits in the middle of South Asian festivals.
By Arun Aguiar
Labor’s Election Day Loss
9/11 election delays cost Working Families Party.
By Jill Grossman
Fractional Numbers
Call it a gorgeous mosaic or the other New York, the city's diversity is one of its great treasures. ... Read more
By Annette Fuentes
Back to the Old Neighborhood
To celebrate our silver anniversary, the City Limits staff compiled some up-to-date snapshots of the ... Read more
By Alyssa Katz
Back to the Old Neighborhood: Empowerment Zones Out, December 1996
Businesswoman Dorothy Pitman Hughes battles the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone.
By Gillian Andrews
Back to the Old Neighborhood: A Teen in Trouble Finds a New Hang, October 1996
How alternative sentencing steered David Rivera to life on the outside.
By Megan Costello
Back to the Old Neighborhood: In The East Village, Rehab Is a Family Affair, August/September 1996
How La Bodega de la Familia brought John Quiles back from the brink.
By Megan Costello
Back to the Old Neighborhood: The Founder of a Needle Exchange Dies from a Dose, June/July 1996
Needle exchange renegade Brian Weil helped transform public health in New York.
By Julia Lyon
Back to the Old Neighborhood: The Grandmother of Loisaida Fights to Keep Her Title, November 1991
How Carmen Pabon became one of the loudest voices on the Lower East Side.
By Hilary Russ
Back to the Old Neighborhood: A Homeless Mother Wrangles with the City, February 1990
A veteran of the Brooklyn Arms family shelter recalls her battles for dignity.
By Megan Costello
Home Health Workers Take Care of Business, August/September 1990
How the workers of Cooperative Home Care Associates remade an industry.
By Abigail Rao
People with AIDS Suffer a Second Epidemic: Homelessness, April 1989
Remembering Larry Conklin, the mayor of Bailey House.
By Daniel Hendrick
Wronged Residents Form Their Own Salvation Army, June/July 1988
Revisiting a tenant revolt at a Manhattan women's residence.
By Hilary Russ
City Condemns Concourse Apartments, November 1987
After holding on and on, a troubled building finally succumbs to neglect.
By Seth Solomonow
A Union for the Homeless Takes Hold, November 1986
Chris Sprowal fought for the rights of homeless people--and nearly destroyed himself in the process.
By Hilary Russ
Job Training Opens Doors for the Homeless, March 1985
A city program got homeless people stable again--until the funding ran out.
By Daniel Hendrick
Tenants Turn a Dump Into a Dream, March 1980
How tenants built a co-op--with a hand from the city and themselves.
By Larry Schwartztol
Dilapidation and Death on Avenue C, December 1979
Back to the Old Neighborhood
By Seth Solomonow
Adding the Final Touch: A Windmill and Solar Panels, February 1975
An experiment in green living leaves a mixed legacy.
By Abigail Rao


