Love that Dirty Old Boston
A new Facebook page has been blowing up my Newsfeed lately…Dirty Old Boston. This community page, which features pictures and images of “Boston before the gentrification of the 1980s,” started […]
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of memory and myth-making.
Frank Rich’s as-always-spot-on Sunday article this week is about the power of revisionist history to challenge accepted narratives and remake the most basic concepts of history, identity, and responsibility in […]
detroit’s 20th century ruins.
The NYTimes published an incredible article about Michigan Central Station, a Beaux Arts train station that hasn’t been in use for the past twenty years. It now sits abandoned, a […]
what’s a town to do?
The Globe has been buzzing this week about a growing controversy in Milton. Faced with dwindling assets and crumbling buildings, the Milton Poor Farm is now embroiled in a heated […]
thank you, roger cohen.
My heart went pitter pat this week, when my boyfriend passed along “What Makes Cities Live,” an article about New York city by Roger Cohen of the NYT. It’s rare […]
