Call it a United Nations of pop culture or a comic fan’s Shangri-La. Either way, when NY Comic Con rolls into the Jacob Javits Center, one thing is for certain – – those in attendance let their geek flags fly. Men and women dawn the iconic red, blue and yellow known to the Last Son…
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From The Archives: Art Teaches Life: Brooklyn’s League Center Uses The Arts to Teach the Mentally Handicapped
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(Editor’s Note: This article was written the Spring of 2009 during my tenure at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism.) In an unassuming six-story brick building under the Manhattan Bridge, an exhausted Hannah Achtenberg Kinn sat down in her office chair. She traveled to China and saw a traditional Chinese New Year paper dragon dance…
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NY Film Tax Credit Calling It A Wrap?
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(Editor’s Note: This was written in the Spring of 2009 during my tenure at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism.) When New York State established a tax break program for television and movie productions in 2004, it made for an appealing and lucrative proposition for Hollywood’s elite moviemakers. And the Hollywood producers came in droves.…
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Vinegar Hill – – Brooklyn’s Front Line for Civic Change
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Brooklyn’s Vinegar Hill gets its name from a famous battle in Ireland where Irish revolutionists fought the British in 1798. Now, the neighborhood is the front line for a different kind of battle – – one with civic change. Historic World War II Navy residences blend with ultra modern, high-rise luxury residences. Abandoned storefronts and…
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From The Archives: Historians, Developers Wage Campaigns Over Navy Yard Site (December 2008)
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Editor’s Note: “From The Archives” is a new series featuring articles written by me that either never made publication before now or were published and have been lost in a digital black hole. The following article falls under the category of the former. This piece was originally created in December of 2008 for my Interactive…
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NY Comic Con – Now The Home Of Everything Pop Culture?
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There’s a new trend emerging at NY Comic Con – – It has become the home of everything video games, movies and television. Nicholas Martinez has more from the exhibition floor.