A project to transform one Harlem street looks a lot like a slew of other initiatives nationwide that eradicate blight by empowering residents to rebuild. But the revival of 118th Street features something startlingly new: the largesse of one man determined to buy a block’s future.
The unappreciated contributions of ethnic newspapers.
A book review of Divided We Stand: A Biography of New York’s World Trade Center, by Eric Darton, Basic Books, $25, 256 pages.
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