by Mark Garrison

We talked about America's most endangered historic places on BPP this morning. The list caught our eye because one of the sites, New York's Lower East Side neighborhood, is close to the BPP's home turf. It also reminded us of a great conversation we had with acclaimed novelist and The Wire screenwriter Richard Price. His latest story is set in the Lower East Side. It's a crime novel that's just as much a work of anthropology, studying the neighborhood's supercharged diversity. Our conversation with Price is well worth a listen.