Images: Inside Rikers: Stories From the World's Largest Penal Colony
by Jennifer Wynn
Seminar: Selections Robert Moses and the Modern City: The Transformation of New York ed. Hilary Ballon and Kenneth Jackson
Voices: Ellis Island play at EC Glass High School
Here [in New York City] the skeptic finds chaos and the believer further evidence that the hand that made us is divine. - Robert Moses
In images we read Inside Rikers which explains not only the historical but the sociological conditions of America’s most famed prison. With more than 2,319,258 Americans behind bars, understanding our system is an important issue of immobility.
In seminar we discussed master builder Robert Moses who “played a larger role in shaping the physical environment of New York State than any other figure in the 20th century… He built 658 playgrounds in New York City, 416 miles of parkways and 13 bridges. But he was more than just a builder. Although he disdained theories, he was a major theoretical influence on the shape of the American city, because the works he created in New York proved a model for the nation at large.” (NYT)
We also visited EC Glass High School to see the students production of Ellis Island: The Dream of America. The musical told the story of the American immigrant experience that we have been discussing in the classroom using texts from the Ellis Island Oral History Project, photographs from the Ellis Island Immigration Museum Library, as well as dance and music through collaboration Peter Boyer, the creator and composer.
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