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Housing Generations | Life in the Projects
This four-part series tells the story of public housing in New York City through the lens of one family that has lived there for four decades. The Alston family arrived in the Queensbridge Houses in 1954, and many continue to…
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Full Hurricane Sandy Coverage
These are radio stories and photos filed for WNYC during Hurricane Sandy in 2012. The reporting is from the worst hit areas in Brooklyn and Queens. Many of the stories here also aired on NPR in a different form.
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Sky Walking: Raising Steel, A Mohawk Ironworker Keeps Tradition Alive
Balancing 27 stories above midtown Manhattan on a recent afternoon, ironworker Kaniehtakeron ‘Geggs’ Martin straddled an I-beam on top of a rising skyscraper on 55th Street and grabbed a steel beam out of the air with a steady gloved hands.
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As New York Takes a Fresh Look at Casinos, Decades-Old Gambling Parlors Still Bustle in Chinatown
Gambling has been in Chinatown since the turn of the century, and as Governor Andrew Cuomo pushes for expanding casino gambling in Queens, I take a look at a community where gambling is prolific and where community associations collect the taxes.
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Niche Markets in New York
These photos were produced for WNYC’s series Niche Market, about specialty shops in New York. Below are links to the accompanying stories and audio, which I also produced.
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Chasing Crime With a Spot News Photographer
Two police scanners and a handheld radio crackle as photographer Todd Maisel’s car lurches and carves its way through south Brooklyn. It’s nearly 11 a.m.
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Keeping the Memory of Cuban Legend and Conga Master Arsenio Rodriguez Alive
The Cuban bandleader and musician Arsenio Rodriguez, born 100 years ago, was a heavy man, who wore sharp suits, big round glasses and is often credited as the godfather of salsa music. But if you’ve ever heard a conga drum in popular music, listened to mambo, or boogaloo, then you’ve heard the wide-ranging musical influence that Rodriguez has left behind.
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Music’s Influence on the Master Planner and Architect of World Trade Center Site
Daniel Libeskind won the competition of the master plan architect for the World Trade Center site in 2003. There have been much political wrangling, changes and debate, but construction of the site is well underway. Libeskind spoke with me about the 10th anniversary, what the term “sacred ground” means to him and the musicality of the site.
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Roaming Far From the Ranch, Real Cowboys Arrive in the City
Douglas Duncan has been grabbing the bull by the horns for half his life. The 24-year-old from Alvin, Texas, faced a different sort of bull Thursday afternoon. He was standing outside the New York Stock Exchange, waiting for the end of trading so he could ring the closing bell.
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As Racial Tensions Fade, Memory of Crown Heights Riots Lives on 20 Years Later
Menachem Shagalow was just a thirtysomething recent immigrant from Israel when he stumbled home bloodied from the Crown Heights riots 20 years ago Friday, a violent event that is seared into his memory and ripped at the fabric of race…