Washington Heights at sunset

From the Depths to the (Washington) Heights

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jan 7, 2015

Robert Snyder, professor of journalism and American studies at Rutgers University - Newark and the author of Crossing Broadway: Washington Heights and the Promise of New York City (Cornell University Press, 2014), traces the transformation of "Frankfurt on the Hudson" to "Quisqueya Heights" through the crack epidemic that threatened to destroy Washington Heights.  

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