Monthly Archives: August 2009

Once Upon a Time in America (1984)

By Ali Madad | Published: August 29, 2009
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

By Ali Madad | Published: August 23, 2009
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

By Ali Madad | Published: August 22, 2009
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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8/17/08 – Pakistan Independence Day Parade

By Ali Madad | Published: August 17, 2009
Pakistan Day Parade in Coney Island Brooklyn, NY:
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July 4th, 2008 – Little Pakistan, Coney Island

By Ali Madad | Published: August 17, 2009
The predominantly Pakistani neighborhood in Brooklyn’s Coney Island celebrate 7/4/08:
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The Jail Inferno

By Ali Madad | Published: August 17, 2009
The Jail Inferno. A descent into the nation’s most tumultuous penal institutions, where modern order-maintenance techniques are bringing discipline: But the order that the lobbyists, academic critics, and neo-Foucauldians see as oppressive is inmates’ only hope for safety and even, perhaps, rehabilitation. The recent insights of urban policing—that order matters, that small violations lead to greater [...]
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Landmark: derelict Shore Theater

By Ali Madad | Published: August 5, 2009
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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Building in Surveillance

By Ali Madad | Published: August 4, 2009
Bruce Schneier writes on Surveillance in China: China is the world’s most successful Internet censor. While the Great Firewall of China isn’t perfect, it effectively limits information flowing in and out of the country. But now the Chinese government is taking things one step further. Under a requirement taking effect soon, every computer sold in China will [...]
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