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World's Greatest Novels—Not At Your Local Library?
A trip to six Brooklyn branch libraries in low-income neighborhoods found that many classic novels are not on the shelves. As budgets tighten and many readers go digital, do these missing titles represent A Brave New World or Darkness at Noon?
From 'Fun City' To Crisis State: John Lindsay and Hugh Carey
Two new books explore the legacies of a former mayor whom history maligned and a governor whose role has been all but forgotten.
Reviews: A City on Fire
"New York, like Vietnam, wasn’t so simple, and the fatal flaw in applying a RAND model to New York City’s fires lay in the fact cities are comprised of human beings, and human beings make mistakes."
Becoming a Deejay,
Leaving the P-J's
Segregated and 'Adequate'
Or Equal and Excellent?
The Long Road Of A
Creative Civic Servant
'A Legal Practice
Well Worth Doing'
On The Art That's
All Around Us
All Together Now: Toward
A Better Land Use Process
Yes We Can
End Hunger
Some Work the Overnight
While Others Decorate It
Theme And Variations
On Deprivation And Dignity
IMAGES OF BLIGHT,
WORDS TO SLAM
Will The Real New York
Liberal Please Stand Up
The Fall And Rise
Of The South Bronx
It's Not Just Academic:
Union Rights On Campus
Why 'The Other Half'
Lived -- And Lives On
In Harlem's Test Kitchen:
A Taste of Local Recipes
From Astoria to Woodside:
Inside the Biggest Borough
Youngsters Read the City:
Books for Little Urbanists
Reading has been and always will be an immeasurable source of knowledge. Here are reviews and discussions of books that encompass the past, present, and future of New York City and beyond.
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EVENTS
A Place at the Table
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
6:00pm -
DAMION SILVER and SCOTTY ALBRECHT
Saturday, May 25, 2013
:p - 9:00p
Intro to Wet Plate Photography Workshop with Sam Dole
Saturday, May 25, 2013
10:00a - 6:00p
CONVERSATIONS/OPINONS
Governing With 'Class': Politics The Bloomberg Way
A new book argues that the popular image of Mike Bloomberg as a post-ideological mayor misses the profound way he has reshaped New York for the benefit of the corporate elite.
Report From Lockdown High: Fear Vs. Facts On School Safety
An excerpt from a new book arguing that “punitive, zero tolerance strategies”—from metal detectors to clothing bans—aren't as effective as their popularity suggests.
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Extreme Weather Events Cost Counties $1 Billion
67 percent of U.S. households were in counties hit by extreme weather events that cost over $1 billion in 2011-2012
NYC Study of Waste-to-Energy Technology
A 2006 study looking deeper into potential WTE options for New York City, and into whether a demonstration project was advisable.
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CITY LIMITS EVENTS
Defining Brooklyn Launch
City Limits celebrates the launch of its March 2011 issue: Defining Brooklyn.The 35th Anniversary Celebration
City Limits celebrates its 35th Anniversary at BMCC in Tribeca.Brooklyn Bureau Launch
The Brooklyn Bureau launch as part of Social Media Week 2012.Tackling Poverty
The Tackling Poverty Series at Galapagos Art Space in the DUMBO section of Brooklyn.Tackling Poverty (Manhattan)
City Limits & the Institute for Children, Poverty, and Homelessness
