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Adi Talwar

Leigh Beckett does not speak with an American accent. So he is very much at home in New York.

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Sounds of the City: Immigration, Identity and When NYC Becomes ‘Home’

Adi Talwar | June 1, 2017

For some new New Yorkers, the city is the place where they’ve always belonged. For Leigh Beckett, that was a truth even his dying mother in the UK could see.

Bronx

Photo Essay: Voting in Coop City

Adi Talwar | November 8, 2016

One of the largest polling sites in the Bronx is situated at Coop City, serving 19 election districts.

CITY WIRE: THE BLOG

Gallery: City Limits’ 40th Anniversary Gala Celebration

Adi Talwar | October 3, 2016

Friends old and new joined us to celebrate.

clean water

Photo Essay: Newtown Creek and Jamaica Bay Link City to its Waters

Adi Talwar and Guglielmo Mattioli | August 19, 2016

This week, City Limits has examined how New York City’s water renaissance is working out in two places that represent our waterfront past and present: Newtown Creek and Jamaica Bay. Here are images from both:

environment

A Video Visit to Jamaica Bay

Guglielmo Mattioli and Adi Talwar | August 17, 2016

The bay is considered the crown jewel of the city’s green spaces, home to hundreds of species of birds, fishes and marine life. It’s a ecosystem unique within the entire Northeast coast just a hour subway ride from downtown Manhattan. The proximity to the city makes Jamaica Bay a unique wild environment in urban setting but is also its major threat.

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Photo Essay: Street Art, Beyond 5 Pointz

Adi Talwar | July 11, 2016

The street-art movement was never dependent on one space, and since 5 Pointz’s demise, new work has shifted to new spots or to ones that were already operating. The long-running Welling Court Mural Project near the Astoria waterfront is one of the latter.

CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
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Photo Essay: Inwood Hard at Work, Set to Change

Adi Talwar | May 20, 2016

Slated for a rezoning, framed by rivers, tethering Manhattan to the Bronx, Inwood is a neighborhood where blue-collar work abounds.

Justice

Jailing New York: A Photo Essay

By Adi Talwar and Jarrett Murphy | November 24, 2015

Read the City & State/ City Limitsseries on “Closing Rikers.”

CITY WIRE: THE BLOG

Photo Essay: After Superstorm Sandy, Inside the Buyout Zone

Adi Talwar | October 29, 2015

It’s common on the streets of New York to see new neighborhoods rising from old ones. Along the eastern shore of Staten Island, however, a very different process is now underway.

The Cost of Our Water

Bright Lights Protect NYers from Water System Bugs: A Photo Essay

By Adi Talwar and Jarrett Murphy | June 23, 2015

New York City’s ultraviolet disinfection facility combines steel, light and water in an effort to prevent waterborne illnesses from afflicting New Yorkers.

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