Month: October 2026

Revolution or Nostalgia? The Story of Urban Renewal, Victor Gruen, and Knoxville

.Reading time 17 minutes.

This is the sixth entry in our 10th Annual Graduate Student Blogging Contest, “Revolution.”  By Sara Naghibizadeh In the summer of 2026, Knoxville’s Mountain View neighborhood feels emptied of life. Walking through, I had the Knoxville Auditorium & Coliseum on my right and, on my left, a parking lot stretching the length of two city […]

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“La Révolution Est Morte. Vive La Révolution!”: The Battles Lost in New York City

.Reading time 17 minutes.

This is the fifth entry in our 10th Annual Graduate Student Blogging Contest, “Revolution.”  By Deborah Wolfson New York City likes to tilt itself towards the future—ever upwards, always remaking itself and its history. New Yorkers, too, in popular imagination, are self-styled strivers who are never satisfied without new victories. I would not as a […]

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