Cities

Welcome to the Gilded City of New York

Welcome to the Gilded City of New York Welcome to the Gilded City of New York

In the Age of Bloomberg, America’s most iconic big city is also its most unequal.

Apr 17, 2013 / Feature / The Editors

Resurrecting Brownsville

Resurrecting Brownsville Resurrecting Brownsville

In a neighborhood immune to gentrification, a different model of revitalization is required.

Apr 17, 2013 / Feature / Ginia Bellafante

The Legacy of the 1970s Fiscal Crisis

The Legacy of the 1970s Fiscal Crisis The Legacy of the 1970s Fiscal Crisis

Nearly forty years after Ford told New York to drop dead, the city is still here—but forever changed.

Apr 16, 2013 / Feature / Kim Phillips-Fein

Wanted: A Progressive Mayor

Wanted: A Progressive Mayor Wanted: A Progressive Mayor

After two decades of Republican rule, will New York finally elect a progressive to City Hall?

Apr 16, 2013 / Feature / Jarrett Murphy

How the 1 Percent Rules

How the 1 Percent Rules How the 1 Percent Rules

An elite nonprofit no one’s ever heard of has turned New York into a city of tall towers and tony boulevards.

Apr 16, 2013 / Feature / Doug Henwood

What Happened to Working-Class New York?

What Happened to Working-Class New York? What Happened to Working-Class New York?

As images of wealth abound, the struggles of ordinary workers have become invisible.

Apr 16, 2013 / Feature / Joshua Freeman

A Wall Street State of Mind

A Wall Street State of Mind A Wall Street State of Mind

How a city that once celebrated seamstresses and stevedores came to admire "big swinging dicks."

Apr 16, 2013 / Feature / Steve Fraser

Boston and a History Borne on the Night Wind of the Past

Boston and a History Borne on the Night Wind of the Past Boston and a History Borne on the Night Wind of the Past

Amid speculation about the bombing, a great city and its people are responding to tragedy with a strength that is the stuff of poetry.

Apr 16, 2013 / John Nichols

Dreams Built and Broken: On Ada Louise Huxtable

Dreams Built and Broken: On Ada Louise Huxtable Dreams Built and Broken: On Ada Louise Huxtable

How an architecture critic made New York City her touchstone for discussions of public space.

Apr 15, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Alexandra Lange

Sugar Rush and Stomachache: On ‘NYC 1993’

Sugar Rush and Stomachache: On ‘NYC 1993’ Sugar Rush and Stomachache: On ‘NYC 1993’

The New Museum tries to explain why the city's art scene changed in 1993.

Apr 15, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

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