Linda Saphan
Biographic Data
| ID | 2767599 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Linda Saphan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Linda |
| FAMILY NAME | Saphan |
| SIGNATURE | SAPHAN L |
| AFFILIATIONS | College of Mount Saint Vincent |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Cover
Credits: Layout: LinDa Saphan. Photos by authors. Top left : Seth Tobocman and Tamara “Tornado” Wyndham, “NYC Story,” 2022. Middle left : Amy Zhang, “Colors of Sunset Park” Patterns Identification and Development, 2022. Middle right : Sruthi Atmakur-Javdekar, “Across the Bridge,” 2015. Top right : Angelique Vieira, Untitled, 2021. Bottom : Javier Otero Peña, “Free style Guerrilla Gallery, showing aesthetic empathy,” October 31, 2019. Background :…
Outdoor Dining and the Transformation of Public Space in New York City
New York City’s streetscapes have undergone a dramatic transformation as a result of the city’s Open Restaurants program. Established in June of 2020 to uplift the restaurant industry out of economic turmoil brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, the program led to outdoor dining structures sprouting across the urban landscape. Due to its overall success, the city is currently preparing to launch a permanent program, which has led to conflicts betw…
Introduction
The editors of Streetnotes 29: New York City in Transformation provide an introduction to the issue and its content
The Seasonal Fir Tree Take-Over of New York City
The verticality in New York City can be observed through the erection not only of constructions made by the tree sellers for their stands but also through the sprouting of tall fir trees all over the city. For one month, New York City is no longer just a mineral environment of granite and stone but one of vegetation that takes over the city. The use of the sidewalks by tree sellers shifts the urban morphology, temporarily creating a new urban spa…
Bryant Park, New York
Urban sociologists have studied how people interact in public spaces, but there has been little study of how changing technology has impacted how people relate to one another in these spaces. We conducted an observational study of people in Bryant Park in New York City to find out how electronic devices impact social contact in a small public park that normally would be conducive to interacting with others. We sought to understand how visitors to…
From Modern Rock to Postmodern Hard Rock
Cambodian modernity was driven by the political agenda of the Sihanouk government beginning in the 1950s, and Cambodian rock and roll emerged in the 1960s in step with Sihanouk's ambitious national modernization project. Urban rockers were primarily upper-class male youths. In. the postcolonial era rock and roll was appropriated from abroad and given a unique Cambodian sound, while today's emerging hard rock music borrows foreign sociocultural re…
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From Modern Rock to Postmodern Hard Rock
Cambodian modernity was driven by the political agenda of the Sihanouk government beginning in the 1950s, and Cambodian rock and roll emerged in the 1960s in step with Sihanouk's ambitious national modernization project. Urban rockers were primarily upper-class male youths. In. the postcolonial era rock and roll was appropriated from abroad and given a unique Cambodian sound, while today's emerging hard rock music borrows foreign sociocultural re…
Bryant Park, New York
Urban sociologists have studied how people interact in public spaces, but there has been little study of how changing technology has impacted how people relate to one another in these spaces. We conducted an observational study of people in Bryant Park in New York City to find out how electronic devices impact social contact in a small public park that normally would be conducive to interacting with others. We sought to understand how visitors to…
The Seasonal Fir Tree Take-Over of New York City
The verticality in New York City can be observed through the erection not only of constructions made by the tree sellers for their stands but also through the sprouting of tall fir trees all over the city. For one month, New York City is no longer just a mineral environment of granite and stone but one of vegetation that takes over the city. The use of the sidewalks by tree sellers shifts the urban morphology, temporarily creating a new urban spa…
Cover
Credits: Layout: LinDa Saphan. Photos by authors. Top left : Seth Tobocman and Tamara “Tornado” Wyndham, “NYC Story,” 2022. Middle left : Amy Zhang, “Colors of Sunset Park” Patterns Identification and Development, 2022. Middle right : Sruthi Atmakur-Javdekar, “Across the Bridge,” 2015. Top right : Angelique Vieira, Untitled, 2021. Bottom : Javier Otero Peña, “Free style Guerrilla Gallery, showing aesthetic empathy,” October 31, 2019. Background :…
Outdoor Dining and the Transformation of Public Space in New York City
New York City’s streetscapes have undergone a dramatic transformation as a result of the city’s Open Restaurants program. Established in June of 2020 to uplift the restaurant industry out of economic turmoil brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, the program led to outdoor dining structures sprouting across the urban landscape. Due to its overall success, the city is currently preparing to launch a permanent program, which has led to conflicts betw…
Introduction
The editors of Streetnotes 29: New York City in Transformation provide an introduction to the issue and its content
Geography (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Architectural engineering (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Public space (2 works) · Urban Green Space and Health (2 works) · Visual arts (2 works)