#thomas dyja

[katereads]

A history of NYC from the beginning of Ed Koch’s mayoralty to the end of Michael Bloomberg’s.

[nathanabhaltersmith-shelf]

[bigtickhk]

How New York City Pulled Itself Out of the Lower Depths

Thomas Dyja’s “New York, New York, New York” describes the city’s revival in recent years, and the problems it will face in the future.

New York, New York, New York: Four Decades of Success, Excess, and Transformation by Thomas Dyja https://amzn.to/3ry3JG0 

https://bookshop.org/a/17891/9781982149789

[davidpotash]

Modern Chicago - The Third Coast

Modern Chicago – The Third Coast

Sometimes when feeling adventurous – particularly when time is not an issue – I will engage in a free-wheeling conversation with a stranger. The place where I start this matters – a bar, a library, waiting in line – and so does the stranger’s appearance. The likelihood that I will make an observation or ask a question increases if the person looks like they have opinions and something to say.…

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[carolinesyrup]

Everything here wanted to be something great, even if it didn't know what, or how, or why. Chicago had achieved nothing yet, but it had built the set for all that it wanted to become, and it was selling tickets. More than anything, Chicago yearned.

Third Coast: When Chicago Built the American Dream by Thomas Dyja

[thesmithian-blog]

"...there is this discussion of Chicago and black Chicago. And in ... all that I've read, in interviews, there's often this discussion of two different cities. And I think when Chicago finally wraps its hands around all of itself and doesn't speak of it in these two different terms, I think they're going to be a lot closer to solving some of these problems."

more, plus an excerpt, here.