Every city has its own character shaped by a dynamic interaction of physical, socio-cultural, and historical features. As a “living, breathing thing,” the process of urban identity formation is in flux, not static, and never final.
Over time, creative milieus have clustered in poor city areas. Affordable housing attracted immigrants, artists, and students. Densely populated sites were crowded with workshops, cafés, bars, and brothels. Maze-like streets were impossible to police, offering cover to radicals and activists. [Read more…] about Barricades, Black Berets & Manhattan’s French Quarter
On September 6, 1901, 
In the course of the nineteenth century, powerful and relatively stable explosives were developed. Dynamite became synonymous with radicalism and the moniker “dynamitist” preceded that of terrorist.