Originally presented January 9, 2001.
Some of the most exciting new scholarship on NYC investigates specific neighborhoods in fine-grained detail, and many of the areas under the magnifying glass are not in Manhattan. For all their particularity, the recent studies probe general concerns of interest to all city dwellers — issues of racial transformation, new immigrant arrival, political relations between local communities and government. On this panel, scholars Craig Wilder, Wendell Pritchett and Evelyn Gonzalez look at three neighborhoods — Bedford-Stuyvesant, East New York, South Bronx — and consider their history, contrasts and commonalities.
The following are excerpts and highlights from the panel as presented by The Unblinking Eye.
