A Tale of Two Cities
Why did San Francisco surge forward and LA fall so far behind?
Tag: New York
South Asia in Motion
A new book series aims to capture the tectonic transformations of the subcontinent.
The Specter of Capital in Cosmopolis
The allegorical import behind Don DeLillo’s 2003 novel. By Joseph Vogl
A Russian Jewish Woman in New York Seeks Dating Advice (… in 1916)
The question of the hour: can a Sephardi-Ashkenazi romance survive? The following letters originally appeared in a Ladino newspaper, La Bos del Pueblo. They were translated into English by Aviva Ben-Ur and are excerpted below from Sephardi Lives: A Documentary History 1700-1950: In early-twentieth-century New York City, …
Busting the Boom Towns
On the rise and decline of America’s cities in the 20th century. Detroit’s skyline. Creative Commons image by Meagan via Flickr The United States is one of the most urban nations on the planet, with 81% of its total population residing in cities. Of course, …
