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Deceased, Return To Sender: Writing To The Triangle Victims
As the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist fire approaches, one artist captured the tragedy's scale by sending letters to the dead.
Staten Island's Black History, Revisited
At a local museum, a community bears witness to the black experience on Staten Island, as some of its last remaining historic structures are landmarked.
Controversy Over Alleged Muslim Radicalization Not New
In 2007, the NYPD released a report about "the homegrown threat" that troubled local Muslim leaders by labeling innocuous behavior, like displaying concern for "the greater good," as possible hallmarks of "jihadization."
Moses, Jacobs And You: The Battle For Gotham
A history of the philosophical battle between Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs, told by an author who, wisely, took it personally.
Waking the Dead
Lomex. Robert Moses. Westway. Jane Jacobs. What New York's planning past tells us about its future.
Development, Zoning Fights Fuel Push For NYC Roadmap
In the new issue of City Limits, a look at the growing calls for New York to take a more comprehensive—and inclusive—approach to planning its physical future.
Art Installation Measures World Oil Consumption In Skyscapers
When some New Yorkers look at the Empire State Building they see an emblem of the city we live in. But when New Yorker and artist Dan Tesene looks at the skyscraper, he sees petroleum.
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.
A Poster Child For Poverty In Harlem Speaks Back
John Yant and his family were featured in the 1969 Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibit "Harlem on My Mind." Here he describes how it feels to become a representation of poverty.
El Museo del Barrio Exhibits '60s Guerilla Artist
Puerto Rican-American artist Rafael Ferrer staged guerilla art actions in New York City and Philadelphia during the 1960s and now sculpts and paints.
Bronx Museum Revisits The Civil Rights Movement
Two exhibits at the Bronx Museum of the Arts explore the civil rights movement -- one though iconic and obscure documentary photos, the other through contemporary multi-media produced by artists born after the movement.
Behind The Scenes Of An Eviction
Most of the evictions that City Marshal Oren Varnai conducts aren't dangerous; they're simply "uncomfortable."
The Search for the Smoking Gun
The reasons for the race gap
Mentally Ill On Hold After Ruling
The state's appeal of a federal court decision on housing for the mentally ill has residents and advocates in limbo.
Another African Burial Ground
Though a bus depot occupies most of an old Harlem church cemetery site, there's still hope for memorializing African history uptown.
A Quiet Alarm Sounds
A multimedia art exhibit in Fort Greene examines the neighborhood-changing going on all around it.
Immigrants Reach New Heights
Dressing For Success
An exhibit on how clothes make the worker is provocative but falls short of its promise.
Into the Wild:
Nature's NYC
Hep C On the Outside:
Universal Screening Sought
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Sunday, May 27, 2012
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Retrospective of the work of Choi Min-shik
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Missed Opportunity
How New York City can do a better job of reconnecting youth on public assistance to education and jobs (by the Community Service Society of New York [cssny.org])
NYC DOE Fact Sheet On Closure Of PS260 In Brooklyn
On December 6, the city school system announced the pending closure of 11 schools and issued fact sheets on each targeted facility listing the reasons for shutting its doors.
