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Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
A still from Sergio Leone’s Once Upon a Time in America:
Fleeing the city, the survivor of a gangland massacre (De Niro) pauses before an advertisement of a Coney Island of long ago and Leone thwarts our expectations of a flashback by flashing forwards to the same character returning as an old man to the city [...]
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A Farm Grows in Brooklyn
Documentary of a vegetable garden in Brooklyn, NY through the eyes of an “Urban Farmer” who has been planting for over 40 years.
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The Grand Concourse
Further north and a burrough away, the NYT has a good story about the Bronx. The Grand Concourse, the four-and-a-half-mile boulevard that for much of its life was described as the Champs-Élysées of the Bronx, has often sat for its portrait, as have many of the handsome buildings along its flanks. But there is one [...]
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Landmark: derelict Shore Theater
Landmark status awaits — at long last, some say — at least two historic buildings in Coney Island, including the derelict Shore Theater, but possibly not the most famous site in the amusement area, Nathan’s Famous hot dog restaurant.
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Ask About the Preservation of Coney Island
Ask About the Preservation of Coney Island
Divided Cities
From the Lebbeus Woods foreword to Divided Cities: Belfast, Beirut, Jerusalem, Mostar, and Nicosia:
…each emerges from a unique historical background, belonging to a quite particular and localized set of cultural conditions. Yet, each shares with the others a common set of existential factors, belonging to what we might call an emerging global condition.
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The Social Life of Small urban Spaces