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...Yoon said that the scale of the campaign that ACDC mounted to reclaim the land led him to realize a fight for social change needed political backing in order to be truly efficacious. Boston’s Chinatown was founded in 1890, and it remains the only historically Asian neighborhood in New England. Despite a long-established presence in the city, Asian American representation in Boston politics has been nonexistent. Yao commented that if Yoon were to win, it would mean a lot symbolically for the Asian community in Boston. “Mayor Menino was the first Italian-American...
...through the East door. It was the biggest door I had ever gone through. It also was the biggest chamber I had ever seen. Remember, I was six years of age. I had never been in a place like this. I was a working-class kid from a Polish neighborhood in Detroit, and this was quite an event for me. I've only begun in later years to appreciate what it all meant...
Once one of the most downtrodden and dangerous areas in New York City, Harlem is in the throes of a serious rejuvenation. And to cater to everyone moving into and hanging out in the north Manhattan neighborhood, Harlem's culinary scene is blossoming with new restaurants and lounges...
...Paris's bid to revitalize the city's arts scene. Seeing an opportunity for what 104 Community Outreach Coordinator Matthias Tronqual calls "a project at once artistic, economic and social," the city built the complex in a former municipal funeral parlor at the center of the troubled Flandres neighborhood - a melting pot of 30 different ethnic groups, with a 20% unemployment rate and over 60% social housing. After hearing about 104 from a French photographer friend, Tricky - the man behind the 1990s music revolution known as trip-hop - decided to come to Flandres in January and launch a project...
...East Cambridge zoning change in May 2008, but is not obligated to buy any Cambridge land by yesterday’s decision. Cambridge already contains 155 biotechnology firms, marking the highest concentration of that industry in the world. The approved proposal contained a number of concessions to neighborhood and city interests. Within the six-block area opened for dense construction, ARE has agreed to maintain a minimum of 220,000 square feet of housing, including low and mixed-income housing and retail space. They have also agreed to retain 2.2 acres of open space for community use. Also part...