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A Lexow Effect? Daniel Czitrom's New York Exposed

A Lexow Effect? Daniel Czitrom's New York Exposed

A Lexow Effect? Daniel Czitrom's New York Exposed

Reviewed by Brian J. Rizzo

Reviews, Gilded AgeGuest UserJuly 21, 2017Comment

Kim Phillips-Fein's Fear City: New York’s Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics

Kim Phillips-Fein's Fear City: New York’s Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics

Kim Phillips-Fein's Fear City: New York’s Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics

Reviewed by Jacqueline Brandon

Reviews, Urban Decline & Fiscal CrisisGuest UserJuly 20, 2017Comment

Gardens of Eden: Long Island’s Early Twentieth-Century Planned Communities

Gardens of Eden: Long Island’s Early Twentieth-Century Planned Communities

Gardens of Eden: Long Island’s Early Twentieth-Century Planned Communities

Reviewed by Tim Keogh

Urban Planning, ReviewsGuest UserJuly 11, 2017Comment

Rebecca Solnit and Joshua Jelly-Schapiro's Nonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas

Rebecca Solnit and Joshua Jelly-Schapiro's Nonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas

Rebecca Solnit and Joshua Jelly-Schapiro's Nonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas

Reviewed by Maeve Montalvo

Metropolitan Region, ReviewsGuest UserJune 28, 2017Comment

The Museum of the City of New York's "NY at its Core" Exhibit

The Museum of the City of New York's "NY at its Core" Exhibit

The Museum of the City of New York's "NY at its Core" Exhibit

Reviewed by Arinn Amer

Arts & Culture, ReviewsGuest UserJune 14, 2017Comment

Darrel Wanzer-Serrano's The New York Young Lords and the Struggle for Liberation

Darrel Wanzer-Serrano's The New York Young Lords and the Struggle for Liberation

Darrel Wanzer-Serrano's The New York Young Lords and the Struggle for Liberation

Reviewed by Lauren Lefty

Race & Ethnicity, ReviewsGuest UserMay 3, 2017Comment

Scott Seligman's Tong Wars: The Untold Story of Vice, Money, and Murder in New York’s Chinatown

Scott Seligman's Tong Wars: The Untold Story of Vice, Money, and Murder in New York’s Chinatown

Scott Seligman's Tong Wars: The Untold Story of Vice, Money, and Murder in New York’s Chinatown

Reviewed by Emily Brooks

Manhattan, Race & Ethnicity, ReviewsGuest UserMarch 22, 2017Comment

Bruce F. Berg's Healing Gotham: New York City’s Public Health Policies for the Twenty-First Century

Bruce F. Berg's Healing Gotham: New York City’s Public Health Policies for the Twenty-First Century

Bruce F. Berg's Healing Gotham: New York City’s Public Health Policies for the Twenty-First Century

Reviewed by Erin Wuebker

Medicine & Public Health, ReviewsGuest UserMarch 8, 2017Comment

Tammy Brown's City Of Islands: Caribbean Intellectuals in New York

Tammy Brown's City Of Islands: Caribbean Intellectuals in New York

Tammy Brown's City Of Islands: Caribbean Intellectuals in New York

Reviewed by Dominique Jean-Louis

Reviews, Politics, Race & EthnicityGuest UserMarch 2, 2017Comment

Politics, Poverty, and Place: Michael Woodsworth’s Battle for Bed-Stuy

Politics, Poverty, and Place: Michael Woodsworth’s Battle for Bed-Stuy

Politics, Poverty, and Place: Michael Woodsworth’s Battle for Bed-Stuy

Reviewed by Nick Juravich

Brooklyn, Housing & Realty, Race & Ethnicity, ReviewsGuest UserFebruary 28, 2017Comment