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.
Bryant Park Project
The Once and Future Lower East Side
Categories: City Living
May 26, 2008
Yes, save Tiger Stadium in Detroit ... ought not to have been replaced. The Tigers' abandonment of the old Briggs Stadium (and or navin Field) is what drove me away from baseball. The stadium at Michigan and Trumble is symbolic of the transience of major league baseball, something that has made the sport so discouraging. The Tigers are dead to me now ... then again I gre up on the Tigers of the late 50s and early 60s ... talk about dead!
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