November 1, 2001 : Page 2 of 3 : City Limits

Back to the Old Neighborhood: The Grandmother of Loisaida Fights to Keep Her Title, November 1991

Hilary Russ | November 1, 2001

How Carmen Pabon became one of the loudest voices on the Lower East Side.

Back to the Old Neighborhood: The Founder of a Needle Exchange Dies from a Dose, June/July 1996

Julia Lyon | November 1, 2001

Needle exchange renegade Brian Weil helped transform public health in New York.

Back to the Old Neighborhood: In The East Village, Rehab Is a Family Affair, August/September 1996

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How La Bodega de la Familia brought John Quiles back from the brink.

Back to the Old Neighborhood: A Teen in Trouble Finds a New Hang, October 1996

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How alternative sentencing steered David Rivera to life on the outside.

Back to the Old Neighborhood: Empowerment Zones Out, December 1996

Gillian Andrews | November 1, 2001

Businesswoman Dorothy Pitman Hughes battles the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone.

To celebrate our silver anniversary, the City Limits staff compiled some up-to-date snapshots of the fighters, movements and communities that have moved the city forward over the last 25 years, from housing court brides to East Village rooftop windmills.

Queens

Fractional Numbers

Annette Fuentes | November 1, 2001

Call it a gorgeous mosaic or the other New York, the city’s diversity is one of its great treasures. But according to the Census, we’re also super segregated–and becoming more divided every year.