1st Edition
Street Noise A Notebook on New York City History and Culture
Introduction Note 1: At the Ear Inn Note 2: Black Cherokee: Art(ist) in and on the Street (and Highway?) Note 3: Canal Street: Dead Metaphors and the Topography of New York City Note 4: City Island: New York City's Nantucket? Note 5: Dead Places: Hallowed Ground and Real Estate Note 6: From Coenties Slip to Herman Melville Square and Back Again? Note 7: Gramercy Park Note 8: Mount Vernon Hotel Museum and Garden: A Rise on East 61st Street, and a Dip Back into History Note 9: Up the (Newton) Creek Without a Paddle Note 10: Ray's Pizza: Origins, Authenticity and Repetition Note 11: Seneca Village Note 12: Socrates Sculpture Park Note 13: If at First You Don't Secede: Staten Island Reconsidered Note 14: The ABCs of the NYC Subway Note 15: The Bronx, Definitely Note 16: The GWB: Heavy Metal Gothic Note 17: The High Line: A Rail Trail with a Real Way Tale Note 18: The "New York" Giants and Jets? Note 19: Traffic Jams: Improvising on "Red Light, Green Light, 1, 2, 3" Note 20: Willets Point 21: End Note: City Limits…
Biography
Ron Scapp is an author and educator noted for his interdisciplinary work in philosophy, ethnic studies, education and cultural theory. He is the founding director of the graduate program in urban and multicultural education at the University of Mount Saint Vincent, the Bronx, NY, where he is also professor emeritus of humanities and teacher education.
