Fun City’s finish ends in a foreclosure tale
A satirical 1980s chronicle reimagines New York City collapsing under debt and policy shifts. Relief recipients become voters, taxes drive residents and industry away, housing expands, and iconic assets are liquidated. The final act comes with power off and the Canarsie Indian survivor claiming Manhattan in a quixotic last scene.
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Jake Eaglefeather
Huckleberry Island
New Rochelle
Eaglefeather
Manhattan
Peter Minuit
Medieval treatment deplored crime by kids in New York
A 14 year old youth was arrested for a summer killing in Greenwich Village as juveniles commit a rising share of violent crime in New York City. The piece surveys harsher penalties, calls for community based options, and compares Massachusetts approaches with mixed results, noting debates over whether to treat youths as adults and the limits of rehabilitation.
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Congress
New York City
New York
San Juan
Williamsburg Bridge
Greenwich Village
Way with words Outtake on input as a verb and chairperson debate
Theodore M Bernstein notes readers debate input as a verb in computer jargon and runoff data use. Letters argue against gendered terms proposing chairpen and congresspen while defending man as human. The column ends with word oddities about bowling terminology and a note from New York Times Syndicate.
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Robert J. Mosakowski
Malvern, Pa
Isnt it the truth by Carl Riblet Jr
The White House has expanded beyond a single building into many satellite offices. Citizens receiving letters on White House stationery likely come from officials who cannot see the place from their window or even reach the Oval Room by phone, as observed by a press syndicate.
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White House
Oval Room
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Fun City
By Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Upper Manhattan
Brooklyn
The
Bronx
Hudson River
New Jersey
Winter Haven
Aspen
Big Sur
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Dallas
Mid-Town
Pierre
Park Lane
Plaza
the Waldorf
West Germany
Japan
Metropolitan Museum
Museum of Natural History
Don Edison
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
William Shakespeare
By Tom Wicker
Cook County
State Office of Children’s Services
Hugh Carey
Community Service Society
Massachusetts
Harvard
Department of Youth Services
New York Times Service
Tom Wicker
Theodore M. Bernstein
R. Neale van Delft
Pennsauken, N.J
No ‘Man's’ Land
Chairperson
Fred Baube
Clarence Center
N.Y
Gether
Jersey
New York Times Syndicate
By Carl Riblet, Jr
Press Syndicate
Pik
Hower
Water Pik
Water Pike
First Avenue SF
Lindole
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