Big New York, Little Syria
“It is to stand before the towers of New York and Washington, Chicago and San Francisco saying in your heart, “I am the descendant of a people that builded Damascus and Byblos, and Tyre...
Tagged: Manhattan
Sex and the City, and Centrality!
Yes, Sex and the City is about things central: Sex, of course, and New York. Sex and the City happens principally in Manhattan, and when the camera leaves Manhattan to shoot elsewhere: Brooklyn, Los Angeles...
Maria Callas, la Diva: where and how a voice becomes central?
Ninety years ago the Flower Hospital staff in Manhattan heard the first waves of what to become one of the greatest voices ever recorded in our human history: Maria Callas, born Maria Cecilia...
“Ma ville par satellite”: Centrality yes, but where is “the City”?
Centrality is best manifest in the city: most of central functions in our world operate from cities. And, in our imagination, “centre” is something we find in a city or around a city: city...
