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Brooklyn's Story, In Its Own Words
When Brooklyn residents become poets and storytellers, Brooklyn is a place of elusive magic, summer memories and a world on the doorstep.
BrooklynEdges: A Mosaic Grows as Boerum Hill Changes
For 10 years, as the neighborhood around her Wyckoff Street address has changed, Susan Gardner has been covering her house in color.
Brooklyn Edges: LGBT Youth Relive Life's Drama On Stage
A theater organization has LGBT youth play the roles of people who spurned them, giving the actors a chance to write their own next act.
Amid Wave of Watering Holes, Hell's Kitchen Keeps Tabs on Bars
Community leaders know they can't stop every new bar. But they can try to impose rules—on everything from hours of operation to soundproofing—for watering holes to live by.
The New 911: Emergency Calling Changes
Problems with the performance of the 911 system on Sept. 11 led the Bloomberg administration to undertake a four-pronged emergency communications transformation program
In A Bad Economy, Even Opera Vocalists Sing The Blues
The soft labor market is a challenge for all job seekers. But young people who have trained for artistic careers—who help make New York a cultural capital—face unique obstacles. Do they also possess special tools to survive?
This Memorial Day, A Lost World at Cedar Grove Beach
After the city removed them last year, residents of the Staten Island community won't be celebrating the holiday with burgers and beers outside their beachside bungalows. As this unique way of NYC life fades, a look at its complex—and charming—history.
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."
Lunch At Junior's: Reputation & Reality In Today’s Brooklyn
What does it mean to be "Brooklyn"—and how has that changed as the borough went from not to hot? Chapter one of "Brooklyn: The Borough Behind The Brand" visits a local icon to find some answers.
Izzy, Ippies Honor City Limits
City Limits' magazine coverage of the Harlem Children's Zone, synthetic turf in city parks and other topics garnered three journalism prizes this week.
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.
Gang Signs
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.
Play Reflects Rage And Resilience In Katrina's Aftermath
The play, written by 16 women who survived Hurricane Katrina, is being performed Monday at the Apollo Theater in Harlem to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the storm.
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.
Arts and Culture
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Some Nabes Lag In Broadband Access - Jarrett Murphy
Three of New York's boroughs are among the eight least broadband-connected counties in New York State, according to data published Friday.
City Limits Partners With New Civic News Website, TV Show - City Limits
There's a new player in the New York civic news game: MetroFocus, a website run by WNET that will eventually evolve into a regular nighttime television broadcast.
How To Teach 9-11? - Jonathan Camhi
As the 10th anniversary of the tragedy approaches, a look at how one WTC widow has tried to teach children about the attacks.
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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.
