Tag: New York
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Casitas in the South Bronx: Making a Place Called Home
Casitas are the colourful clubhouses of Puerto Rican community gardens in the South Bronx. Author Marijn Ferrier explores their history and researches their transormative power.
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The Hidden World of Rap in the City
how does rap music, more so than any other genre, delve into important urban issues? Benedict McAteer reports from Compton, LA and New York.
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A Community Benefits Agreement Grows in Brooklyn
How successful are Community Benefits Agreements in mediating between local interests and global investors in urban renewal projects as the Atlantic Yards?
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Homelessness & NYC’s Public Libraries
Beth Jarret is researching the effects of rampant homelessness on public libraries in New York City, with specific focus on the changing role of the librarian. She looks at the burden homelessness can place on librarians and examines potential solutions based on programs developed in San Jose, San Francisco and Washington, D.C.
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Bottling Local Identity: the Emergence of the Craft Beer Sector and Local Embeddedness
Skadi Renooy tours us to craft beer producers, shows us their local embeddedness and their function as agents of change. A tasty read guaranteed!
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Specialty Coffee Bars: Are They to Stay or to Go?
Grab a coffee and follow Wietze Gelmers on a tour through coffee bars and see how they make your city and influence your need for them.
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Local Consequences of Social Travelling
Jolien Groot is contemplating new urban issues in Amsterdam and New York City that occur because of social travelling networks.
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Suicide Cycling New York City
In this Suicide Cycle episode Lukas Franta explores New York for its rough bicycling conditions and its growing bicycle culture. bla
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No Place to Rest in New York City
Jolien Groot examines how difficult it is to find eternal rest in New York’s overcrowded city cemeteries. test
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The New York City Subway: A Transit Museum
Jolien Groot and Lukas Franta take us on a short, rough ride on NYC’s subway network, a living transit museum of sorts.