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immigrants
by Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani
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September 5th, 2012
Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani tells the story behind an innovative memorial to a century-old tragedy with an evolving and enduring legacy for labor rights, building codes and the challenges of commemoration.
Manhattan has Mulberry Street, Brooklyn has Bensonhurst, and the Bronx has Arthur Avenue. All three are neighborhoods that lay claim...
Matilde Cassani discusses her archive and exhibition and what it reveals about the evolving relationship between religious praxis, cultural identity and urban life.
by Urban Omnibus
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February 9th, 2011
Suketu Mehta reflects on immigration, density and neighborhood change while wandering the Queens streets where he lived as a teenager.
This week, the massive Flea Market that has operated in the north parking lot of the Aqueduct Racetrack for the...
Seema Agnani’s work with South Asian immigrants on housing needs charts a course for legalizing basement apartments to create affordable housing.
For five years this collaborative has worked to address the challenge of increasing immigrant involvement in city parks. Check out their work and hear from two participants.


