Spice Girls and the Rise and Fall of Girl Power
Girl power was the freedom to make a scene, make no sense, join together and make something irresistible, spectacular, unproductive, joyful, and to radically claim one another.
Joan of Arc: The Girl Who Saves Cities
Statues and monuments tell us about ourselves mostly, what we hope to remember and be remembered by.
A Brief History of American Utopian Communities
“Utopian communities are inherently tragic because they are always, every single time, doomed to failure.”
The Bowne House: A Story of Religious Freedom
Located in Flushing, Queens, the house is considered the birthplace of American religious action.
We Are All Scientists: On Mary Baker Eddy and Christian Science
Eddy’s lifetime of illness, and her encounters with medical therapies, poised her as an instrument of revelation.
Only the Dogs Know Red Hook
A dangling bit of coastline at the bottom of Brooklyn.
Towers of Tomorrow
“They looked like abandoned villain headquarters in a comic book.”
Where Entire Rooms Have Gone Missing
On the legacy and future of Brooklyn’s Admiral’s Row houses.
Heart of the Empire
“People kept saying no more roads, but Robert Moses didn’t listen.”