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Crossing Broadway: Washington Heights and the Promise of New York City

Image: Paul Braverman -- Flickr

Image: Paul Braverman — Flickr

With Robert W. Snyder, Associate Professor of Journalism and American Studies at Rutgers University–Newark.

This illustrated lecture chronicles the rise, fall and rise of Washington Heights, a neighborhood populated with immigrants from around the world. It tells how disparate groups overcame their mutual suspicions to rehabilitate housing, build new schools, restore parks and work with the police to bring safety to streets racked by crime and fear.











When: Tue., Jul. 7, 2015 at 6:30 pm
Where: New York Public Library—Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library
476 Fifth Ave. (42nd St. Entrance)
212-340-0863
Price: Free
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Image: Paul Braverman -- Flickr

Image: Paul Braverman — Flickr

With Robert W. Snyder, Associate Professor of Journalism and American Studies at Rutgers University–Newark.

This illustrated lecture chronicles the rise, fall and rise of Washington Heights, a neighborhood populated with immigrants from around the world. It tells how disparate groups overcame their mutual suspicions to rehabilitate housing, build new schools, restore parks and work with the police to bring safety to streets racked by crime and fear.

Buy tickets/get more info now