Archives - August 2011

Boardwalk

Battle of the boardwalk: concrete or wood?

August 03, 2011
By Mike Walker
The iconic planks of Coney Island and Brighton Beach are due for a makeover, and not everyone is pleased.
Brooklyn_film

For a film-making couple, a battle to make “The Battle”

August 03, 2011
By Andie Park
Filmmakers Hawley and Galinsky dedicated seven and half years to making the documentary “Battle for Brooklyn” about the Atlantic Yards development. The film won the Grand Chameleon Award at the 2011 Brooklyn Film Festival.

A living language

  • Yiddish

    Yiddish in New York City is more than just ordering a bagel with a shmear and kvetching about traffic.

Lucha Libre NYC

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    The moves in Mexican-style professional wrestling are high-flying and death-defying. And the masks are cool, too.

Delivery City

  • Cycle
    Inside the world of New York City's bicycle delivery workers and the policy debate swirling around them.

Right now on Uptown Radio

  • Jakubek_chapulines_new
    Gorging on grasshoppers, and other dishes, on the latest broadcast 

The Obama Agenda

  • Obama

    An examination of various aspects of  the president's major policies

Vibrations
The Changing Languages of Deafness in the Age of the Cochlear Implant

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    A Digital Media master's project explores how cochlear implants continue to change what it means to be deaf.