Tag: Urban Studies

Historic Preservation and New York

November 10, 2009

Tomorrow night, on the heels of the anniversary of the original Pennsylvania Station’s historic demolition (October 1963), Randall F. Mason, author of The Once and Future New York: Historic Preservation and the Modern City, will be giving a book talk at the Philadelphia Center for Architecture (1218 Arch Street, 6:00 PM). Mason’s book discusses how … More Historic Preservation and New York

Rio de Janeiro: ‘The most dangerous place in the world’

October 29, 2009

The New Yorker‘s recent short piece on Rio de Janeiro, host of the 2010 Olympics, points out a recent “dramatic upsurge in the city’s gangland violence.” Reporter Jon Lee Anderson recounts a night he spent tagging along on a police raid into the Mangueira favela (one of Rio’s oldest slums) — one with violence and … More Rio de Janeiro: ‘The most dangerous place in the world’