Blog 19: Reflecting

Working with the archives I learned that living in any neighborhood can b very complicated. Also I have learned that parts of New York were noticed to some individuals as the slums which is described as rundown. The New York’s programs that tried to help out the concentrated areas were actually making things worse for people that really needed their homes. The archives gave me reasonable information on the topic planned shrinkage but I didn’t feel like it was enough to do the actual paper itself.
The archives introduction was pretty informative. The instructor talked a lot about Roger Starr whose name was known for the planned shrinkage. Closing schools and subway stations were part of the South Bronx shrinkage. Having no knowledge of the planned shrinkage all of the information was new to me. Saving money from the financial crisis the city has gone through Roger Starr’s actions which resulted into protests in communities where his policies effected.
I say the major research paper was more difficult than the archives essay. The archive’s had a lot of useful documents that helped a lot with finishing and applying information. The major research paper process was very difficult, just trying to find specific information on the social, economic, and political aspects between the movie and reality. Adding certain historical events that happened during the time frame of what the movie tired to portray like the 1970’s for example. Then we had to discuss how the movie portrayed New York in that specific time era to see if it was good at representing or bad or in between.