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Losing Earth: A Recent History

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Still from Midnight Cowboy of a man with a gun in Times Square.

How the Movies Captured Times Square’s Grimy Golden Age

Times Square’s decline can be dated to the Depression, but it wasn’t until the 1970s that the bottom fell out.

by Nathaniel Rich via Current [The Criterion Collection] on July 25, 2024

Painting by Pablo Ventura called "War Souvenirs #9" depicting a soldier kissing a woman, another with a bicycle, and World War II propaganda posters.

Writing Under Fire

For a full understanding of any historical period, we must read the literature written while its events were still unfolding.

by Nathaniel Rich via New York Review of Books on November 30, 2023

When Parks Were Radical

More than 150 years ago, Frederick Law Olmsted changed how Americans think of public space.

by Nathaniel Rich via The Atlantic on September 1, 2016

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