The Neighborhoods “She’s So Good” TV

Posted by admin on March 4th, 2010 and filed under neighborhoods | 6 Comments »

The Neighborhoods performing “She’s So Good” at The Channel (RIP) club in Boston circa 1979?

Duration : 0:3:28

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Arcade Fire – Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) – 2005/08/25

Posted by admin on March 1st, 2010 and filed under neighborhoods | 25 Comments »

Live – 2005/08/25 – France – Rock En Seine Festival

Duration : 0:6:14

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Sesame Street – People in Your Neighborhood (1988)

Posted by admin on February 26th, 2010 and filed under neighborhoods | 25 Comments »

From the 1988 pledge drive special, which aired in prime time on PBS. Bob sings a celebrity version of the classic song by Jeff Moss.

Duration : 0:5:34

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Famous Landmark Documentary On Racism In A United States Neighborhood / Video Film

Posted by admin on February 24th, 2010 and filed under neighborhoods | 25 Comments »

The Black middle-class Myers family moves into all-white Levittown, PA in August, 1957, and are snubbed and mistreated, in this powerful landmark documentary showcasing racism in the United States. This movie is part of the collection and courtesy of the Academic Film Archive of North America from www.archive.org; Producer: Lee Bobker/Lester Becker.

Racism, by its simplest definition, is discrimination based on the racial groups to which people belong. People with racist beliefs might hate certain groups of people according to their racial groups. In the case of institutional racism, certain racial groups may be denied rights or benefits, or get preferential treatment. Racism typically points out taxonomic differences between different groups of people, even though anybody can be racialised, independently of their somatic differences. According to the United Nations conventions, there is no distinction between the term racial discrimination and ethnic discrimination. While the term racism usually denotes race-based prejudice, violence, discrimination, or oppression, the term can also have varying and hotly contested definitions. Racialism is a related term, sometimes intended to avoid these negative meanings. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, racism is a belief or ideology that all members of each racial group possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially to distinguish it as being either superior or inferior to another racial group or racial groups. The Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary defines racism as a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular racial group, and that it is also the prejudice based on such a belief. The Macquarie Dictionary defines racism as: “the belief that human races have distinctive characteristics which determine their respective cultures, usually involving the idea that one’s own race is superior and has the right to rule or dominate others.” According to the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the term “racial discrimination” shall mean any distinction, exclusion, restriction or preference based on race, colour, religion,descent, or national or ethnic origin which has the purpose or effect of nullifying or impairing the recognition, enjoyment or exercise, on an equal footing, of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural or any other field of public life.’ This definition does not make any difference between prosecutions based on ethnicity and race, in part because the distinction between the two remains debatable among anthropologists. According to British law, racial group means “any group of people who are defined by reference to their race, colour, nationality (including citizenship) or ethnic or national origin”.

Duration : 0:32:55

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What are some nice, safe suburban neighborhoods in Vancouver?

Posted by admin on February 23rd, 2010 and filed under neighborhoods | 6 Comments »

I’m considering moving to Vancouver, but I’d like to have a home in a suburb on the outskirts instead of an apartment in the middle of the city. What are some nice neighborhoods or subdivisions that are safe, close enough to the inner city, have nice people, etc. ?

Kitsilano – gorgeous neighborhood area. The homes are just lovely.

Meet the Ambassador: Kyla Fullenwider, Neighborhoods

Posted by admin on February 21st, 2010 and filed under neighborhoods | 2 Comments »

Kyla Fullenwider is the Pepsi Refresh Project Ambassador for Neighborhoods. She’s painted the taxis of New York and curated walking tours of L.A., but her favorite neighborhood is still her hometown.

Duration : 0:1:38

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What are the best San Fran neighborhoods for a Silicon Valley commuter?

Posted by admin on February 21st, 2010 and filed under neighborhoods | 1 Comment »

Moving to San Fran soon and need to start learning about pros and cons of various neighborhoods. Thanks!

Marina district, if you can afford it. Opera Plaza, along Van Ness. Upper Haight. For economy, the Sunset district.

What are some safe and cheaper neighborhoods to live in in New York city?

Posted by admin on February 19th, 2010 and filed under neighborhoods | 5 Comments »

What are some safe and cheaper neighborhoods to live in in New York city? I want to live pretty close to Manhattan but not pay an arm and a leg for rent. I plan on renting a room.

Astoria, Queens, without a second thought. just on the other side of the East River from Manhattan and Roosevelt Island, and it’s only 15-20 minutes from Midtown even to the last stop on the N and W trains.

Revitalizing One Of Houston’s oldest Neighborhoods

Posted by admin on February 18th, 2010 and filed under neighborhoods | No Comments »

Row House Community Development Corporation director Alain Lee describes the CDC’s collaboration with Rice School of Architecture Building Workshop on projects in Houston’s historic Third Ward.

Each year student’s in the program renovate shotgun bungalows in the neighborhood and design and build affordable, energy-efficient new homes…

read the full article at: http://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/blogs/dept/green-building-news/rice-u-and-houston-s-third-ward-happy-alliance-between-academia-and-c

Duration : 0:4:2

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What are the top ten worst neighborhoods in the United States?

Posted by admin on February 17th, 2010 and filed under neighborhoods | 4 Comments »

What are the top ten worst neighborhoods in the United States based on crime? I have looked on the Internet for this but can’t come up with much. Please don’t just give your opinion. Please get this off the internet or from another source.

Thanks.

Barrys hometown of Chicago is right near the top

what a fine job he did there

Michael Moores hometown of Flint is also one of them

In fact pick any liberal heavy big city in America and you can beat tons of crime are being committed

Poster above me,

There are far worse areas in the L.A. area alone than compton.

Watts being one of them