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Homesteading the Lower East Side

A Review of Amy Starecheski, Ours to Lose

June 7, 2017 • by
Amy Starecheski, Ours to Lose: When Squatters Became Homeowners in New York City (University of Chicago Press, 2016) The Lower East Side has long been an object of fascination for those who study New York. It has been a location for bohemia, from the early 20th century to the Beats and ...
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Pizza Rat, a Totem of Our Time

Humans, animals, and life in 2015

October 23, 2015 • by

For a brief moment in late September, New York City had a new celebrity: Pizza Rat. This furry character -- either endearingly repulsive, or repulsively endearing, depending on your sensibility -- appeared in most of our social media feeds after a quick-fingered commuter snapped ...

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