Altered Mobillity Sheryl Gross-Glaser

EPISODES #18 AND #19: 
Explore the history of Hong Kong and its public transportation as we delve into the movie Love Is a Many Splendored Thing and the bestseller book that preceded it. In Part 1, we start with the movie and then look at Hong Kong's history and explosive population growth before discussing public transportation. In Part 2, we delve into the history of the amazing Hong Kong subway system, its rail-plus-property model, which generates revenues, and then recent developments and the ending to Love Is a Many Splendored Thing.
Our moments in equity explore the dislocation and refugee movement during the Chinese Revolution in Part 1 and in Part 2 we look at income inequality in the US and China.
 
Resources
 
Moment in Equity – Episode #18
·      Terry Hong, Last Boat Out of Shanghai' has four stories at once personal and universal, Christian Science Monitor (Jan. 24, 2019) (reviewing Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao’s Revolution by Helen Zia) – available for free through ProQuest if your library subscribes
·      'Last Boat Out Of Shanghai': The Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution, Morning Edition, National Public Radio (Interview) (Feb. 19, 2019) – https://www.npr.org/2019/02/19/695874055/last-boat-out-of-shanghai-the-chinese-who-fled-maos-revolution 
 
Moment in Equity – Episode #19
·      Lindsey Maizland, Income inequality in China is bad, but it’s worse in the US, Vox (Feb. 16, 2017) – https://www.vox.com/world/2017/2/16/14636472/income-wealth-inequality-gap-china-bad-us-worse 
·      Wealth & Inequality In The U.S. And China, USC US-China Institute at USC Annenberg (Nov. 19, 2020) – https://china.usc.edu/wealth-inequality-us-and-china 
·      Fatema Z. Sumar, Why inequality is growing in the US and around the world, The Conversation (Jan. 2, 2023) – https://theconversation.com/why-inequality-is-growing-in-the-us-and-around-the-world-191642#:~:text=The%20Gini%20index%20rose%20by,triggered%20%E2%80%93%20worsened%20global%20income%20inequality. 
 
Book and Movie
·      A Many Splendored Thing – novel by Han Suyin
·      Love Is a Many Splendored Thing – 1955 Movie available on Amazon Prime (not free)
 
History of Hong Kong and its public transportation
·      History of Hong Kong, Wikipedia (Updated Mar. 8, 2023) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Hong_Kong 
·      Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, Wikipedia (Updated Aug. 21, 2023) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_occupation_of_Hong_Kong 
·      Ladder Streets, Wikipedia (Updated Feb. 20, 2023) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladder_streets#:~:text=Ladder%20streets%20are%20narrow%20streets,Road%20at%20the%20Mid%2DLevels. 
·      Ladder Street, Wikipedia (Updated Feb. 27, 2023) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladder_Street 
·      Peak Tram, Wikipedia (Mar. 23, 3023) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_Tram 
·      Ngai Yeung, Hidden Hong Kong: A busy history of the Hong Kong bus, localiiz (Updated Apr. 26, 2022) – https://www.localiiz.com/post/culture-history-bus-local-public-transportation-hong-kong 
·      MTR, Wikipedia (July 29, 3023) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTR#:~:text=Construction%20of%20the%20MTR%20was,first%20line%20opened%20in%201979 
·      Chris Wood, The 18 years it took Hong Kong to get first MTR subway line – how the Post reported the story, South China Morning Post (Sept. 29, 2017) – https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/short-reads/article/2113217/archives-how-hong-kongs-first-subway-system-got  
·      Matthew Keegan, How public transport actually turns a profit in Hong Kong, The Guardian (Mar. 19, 2019) – https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/mar/19/how-public-transport-actually-turns-a-profit-in-hong-kong (The Guardian remains free to all and it seeks donations and subscriptions in order to continue to offer its articles without charge.0
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EPISODES #18 AND #19: 
Explore the history of Hong Kong and its public transportation as we delve into the movie Love Is a Many Splendored Thing and the bestseller book that preceded it. In Part 1, we start with the movie and then look at Hong Kong's history and explosive population growth before discussing public transportation. In Part 2, we delve into the history of the amazing Hong Kong subway system, its rail-plus-property model, which generates revenues, and then recent developments and the ending to Love Is a Many Splendored Thing.
Our moments in equity explore the dislocation and refugee movement during the Chinese Revolution in Part 1 and in Part 2 we look at income inequality in the US and China.
 
Resources
 
Moment in Equity – Episode #18
·      Terry Hong, Last Boat Out of Shanghai' has four stories at once personal and universal, Christian Science Monitor (Jan. 24, 2019) (reviewing Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao’s Revolution by Helen Zia) – available for free through ProQuest if your library subscribes
·      'Last Boat Out Of Shanghai': The Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution, Morning Edition, National Public Radio (Interview) (Feb. 19, 2019) – https://www.npr.org/2019/02/19/695874055/last-boat-out-of-shanghai-the-chinese-who-fled-maos-revolution 
 
Moment in Equity – Episode #19
·      Lindsey Maizland, Income inequality in China is bad, but it’s worse in the US, Vox (Feb. 16, 2017) – https://www.vox.com/world/2017/2/16/14636472/income-wealth-inequality-gap-china-bad-us-worse 
·      Wealth & Inequality In The U.S. And China, USC US-China Institute at USC Annenberg (Nov. 19, 2020) – https://china.usc.edu/wealth-inequality-us-and-china 
·      Fatema Z. Sumar, Why inequality is growing in the US and around the world, The Conversation (Jan. 2, 2023) – https://theconversation.com/why-inequality-is-growing-in-the-us-and-around-the-world-191642#:~:text=The%20Gini%20index%20rose%20by,triggered%20%E2%80%93%20worsened%20global%20income%20inequality. 
 
Book and Movie
·      A Many Splendored Thing – novel by Han Suyin
·      Love Is a Many Splendored Thing – 1955 Movie available on Amazon Prime (not free)
 
History of Hong Kong and its public transportation
·      History of Hong Kong, Wikipedia (Updated Mar. 8, 2023) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Hong_Kong 
·      Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, Wikipedia (Updated Aug. 21, 2023) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_occupation_of_Hong_Kong 
·      Ladder Streets, Wikipedia (Updated Feb. 20, 2023) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladder_streets#:~:text=Ladder%20streets%20are%20narrow%20streets,Road%20at%20the%20Mid%2DLevels. 
·      Ladder Street, Wikipedia (Updated Feb. 27, 2023) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladder_Street 
·      Peak Tram, Wikipedia (Mar. 23, 3023) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_Tram 
·      Ngai Yeung, Hidden Hong Kong: A busy history of the Hong Kong bus, localiiz (Updated Apr. 26, 2022) – https://www.localiiz.com/post/culture-history-bus-local-public-transportation-hong-kong 
·      MTR, Wikipedia (July 29, 3023) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTR#:~:text=Construction%20of%20the%20MTR%20was,first%20line%20opened%20in%201979 
·      Chris Wood, The 18 years it took Hong Kong to get first MTR subway line – how the Post reported the story, South China Morning Post (Sept. 29, 2017) – https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/short-reads/article/2113217/archives-how-hong-kongs-first-subway-system-got  
·      Matthew Keegan, How public transport actually turns a profit in Hong Kong, The Guardian (Mar. 19, 2019) – https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/mar/19/how-public-transport-actually-turns-a-profit-in-hong-kong (The Guardian remains free to all and it seeks donations and subscriptions in order to continue to offer its articles without charge.0
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The story of the gondolas of Medellin, Columbia, is the history of Medellin itself. We explore how Medellin went from Spanish colonial mining town to industrial city and then, via building a robust public transportation system - and in particular the gondolas - Medellin transformed itself from a murder capital to a tourist-magnet destination. Medellin took a no-wrong-door, holistic approach to its many problems. In the process, the city built a responsive, but inexpensive, form of public infrastructure well suited to its mountainous, but urban, terrain.
Resources
 
Moment in Equity
 
Wealth Inequality by Country 2023 – https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/wealth-inequality-by-country 
 
Adriaan Alsema, Colombia’s wealth gap bogging down economic growth and progress: World Bank, Columbia Reports (Oct. 28, 2021) – https://colombiareports.com/colombias-wealth-gap-bogging-down-economic-growth-and-progress-world-bank/ 
 
Geography and history of Medellin
 
Political Map of Columbia, nationsonline.org (Undated) – https://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/map/colombia_map.htm#:~:text=About%20Colombia&text=It%20is%20bordered%20by%20Brazil,Cayman%20Islands%20(United%20Kingdom).
 
Medellin, Britannica (Updated Sept. 7, 2022) – https://www.britannica.com/place/Medellin-Colombia
 
Medellin FactFile, MedellinColumbia.co (Undated) – https://www.medellincolombia.co/general-information/medellin-factfile/
 
Brief History of Medellin, casacol (Undated) (author name as Patrick, with no other information) – https://en.casacol.co/2022/06/11/brief-history-of-medellin/
 
Kenneth Fletcher, Columbia Dispatch 9: The Story of Medellin, Smithsonian (Oct. 28, 2008) – https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/colombia-dispatch-9-the-story-of-medellin-88441797/
 
David Freedman, How Medellin, Columbia, Became the World’s Smartest City, Newsweek (Nov. 18, 2019) - https://www.newsweek.com/2019/11/22/medellin-colombia-worlds-smartest-city-1471521.html
 
Gondolas
 
Gondola, Cambridge Dictionary (Undated) (definition) – https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/gondola 
 
Gondola, Online Etymology Dictionary (Undated) – https://www.etymonline.com/word/gondola#:~:text=gondola%20(n.),open%20railway%20cars%20by%201871. 
 
Gondola (disambiguation), Wikipedia (Updated Feb. 20, 2023) (discussing less common transportation-related meanings of the word “gondola”) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gondola_(disambiguation) 
 
Frequently Asked Questions, Georgetown-Roslyn Gondola (Undated) – http://www.georgetownrosslyngondola.com/faqs
 
Gondolas of Medellin
 
Steven Dale, Medellin/Caracas, Part 1, The Gondola Project (Oct. 5, 2015) – https://www.gondolaproject.com/2015/10/05/medellincaracas-part-1/ 
 
Steven Dale, Medellin/Caracas, Part 2, The Gondola Project (Mar. 12, 2010) – https://www.gondolaproject.com/2010/03/12/medellincaracas-part-2/ 
 
Steven Dale, Medellin/Caracas, Part 3, The Gondola Project (Mar. 14, 2010) – https://www.gondolaproject.com/2010/03/14/medellincaracas-part-3/ 
 
Cable Cars as Urban Public Transport in Medellin, Seeds of Good Anthropocenes (Undated (seems like 2019) – https://goodanthropocenes.net/cable-cars-as-urban-public-transport-in-medellin/
 
Video: Medellin: Columbia’s Sustainable Transport Capital, Streetfilms (2012) – https://vimeo.com/39704761 
 
Charles Parkinson, Medellin’s Strategy for Driving Down Crime: Add More Gondolas, The Future of Resilience (blog), Next City (Nov. 11, 2013) – https://nextcity.org/urbanist-news/medellin-expands-the-transit-system-that-helped-tame-its-rampant-crime
 
Metrocable (Medellin), Wikipedia (Updated May 22, 2023) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrocable_(Medell%C3%ADn) 
 
Venezuela: Avila National Park, parkswatch.org (March 2002) – http://parkswatch.org/parkprofiles/pdf/avnp_eng.pdf 
 
Metrocables in Medellin, Columbia, Oxfam International (case study) (Jan. 2021) – https://oxfamilibrary.open

In this episode, we cover You’ve Got Mail, a film from 1998 set in Manhattan, in New York City. The movie features Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan as the romantic leads, who, as in many a romantic comedy, loathe each other before realize they are in love. Supporting actors shine brightly and they include Jean Stapleton, Dabney Coleman, Parker Posey, Dave Chappelle, Greg Kinnear and Steve Zahn. Nice appearances also by Jane Adams, Veanne Cox, and Deborah Rush. 
 
In this episode, we explore the histories of two neighborhood parks, one small and one quite large, as well as a train station of the NYC subway. What we like about the use of these spaces in the movie and generally the employment of locations in the movie on the Upper West Side of Manhattan is that viewers are treated to a neighborhood feel and an affectionate view of what it’s like to live there.
Resources
 
Moment in Equity  
·      Jessica Dalley, What Would $50 In 1940 Rent A New Yorker Today?, Curbed New York (Nov. 21, 2013) – https://ny.curbed.com/2013/11/21/10172014/what-would-50-in-1940-rent-a-new-yorker-today 
·      Peggy Taylor, Lamenting the Loss of My Black Brothers and Sisters, West Side Rag (Feb. 3, 2023) – https://www.westsiderag.com/2023/02/03/lamenting-the-loss-of-my-black-brothers-and-sisters 
·      Andrew Woo, How Have Rents Changed Since 1960?, Apartment List (Jun. 14, 2016) – https://www.apartmentlist.com/research/rent-growth-since-1960 
 
Movie 
·      You’ve Got Mail (1998) – available on HBO Max 
 
West 72nd Street Station 
·      Michael Minn, 72nd Street Subway Station, Michael Minn (blog) (Sept. 1, 2001) – https://michaelminn.net/newyork/areas/upper-west-side/72nd-street-subway-station/index.html 
·      72nd Street station (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line), Wikipedia (Updated Apr. 25, 2023) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/72nd_Street_station_(IRT_Broadway%E2%80%93Seventh_Avenue_Line)#:~:text=The%2072nd%20Street%20station%20opened,of%20the%20Upper%20West%20Side. 
 
Verdi Square
·      The musical history of 72nd Street’s Verdi Square, Ephemeral New York (Dec. 19, 2012) – https://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2012/12/19/the-musical-history-of-72nd-streets-verdi-square/ 
·      Verdi Square, NYC Parks (Undated) – https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/verdi-square/highlights/6534 
·      Verdi Square, Landmarks Preservation Commission (Jan. 28, 1975) (NYC landmark designation approved) – http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/0857.pdf 
 
Riverside Park
·      Lucie Levine, 10 things you might not know about Riverside Park, 6sqft (Feb. 12, 2019) – https://www.6sqft.com/10-things-you-might-not-know-about-riverside-park/
·      Riverside Drive (Manhattan), Wikipedia (Updated Feb. 7, 2023) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverside_Drive_(Manhattan) 
·      Jay Shockley, Riverside Drive-West 80th - 81st Street Historic District: Designation Report, Landmarks Preservation Commission (of the City of New York) (Mar. 26, 1985) – http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1429.pdf 
·      Riverside Park History, Riverside Park Conservancy, Zippia (Updated Sept. 9, 2022) – https://www.zippia.com/riverside-park-careers-82270/history/ 
·      Riverside South (Manhattan), Wikipedia (Updated Mar. 16, 2023) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverside_South,_Manhattan 
·      Riverside Drive Scenic North-South Thoroughfare From Harlem And Beyond 1865-, Harlem World (Undated) – https://www.harlemworldmagazine.com/riverside-drive-scenic-north-south-thoroughfare-from-harlem-and-beyond-1865/
 
Other 
·      Tricia Kang, 160 Years of Central Park: A Brief History, Central Park Conservancy Magazine (June 1, 2017) – https://www.centralparknyc.org/articles/central-park-history 
·      Rochelle Heath-Harris, The Story of the Dakota Apartment Building, CitySignal (Aug. 11, 2022) –  https://www.citysignal.com/the-story-of-the-dakota-apartment-buil

We are exploring in a three-episode series two First Ladies, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Lady Bird Johnson, who made their marks in the 1960s and 70s. Warning: We will be discussing some matters in these three episodes that could be upsetting or inappropriate for children or individuals with triggers due to mentions of violence or inappropriate behavior in relationships.
These two First Ladies each had a significant affect on transportation and public spaces. Why even talk about other aspects of their lives in a podcast that focuses on public space and transportation? My answer is because plans, ideas, and whether they come to fruition often have as much to do with personality as with laws, politics, and societal attitudes. Who these prominent women were and how they were perceived greatly affected how their projects and conduct were accepted, embraced, or rejected. Tumultuous events and societal attitudes would affect their legacies.
In Part 1 (Episode 13), we’ll be comparing and contrasting Lady Bird's and Jackie's backgrounds and experiences in the public eye as they approach and become First Ladies. 
 
In Part 2 (Episode 14), we’ll be looking at Jackie’s involvement in preventing the destruction of the character of Lafayette Square in Washington, DC, and Lady Bird’s beautification/environmental efforts and her work in urban planning outside of tourist, official and wealthy Washington. That topic will continue into Part 3 (Episode 15) and we will then conclude the series with Jackie’s advocacy to save Grand Central Terminal/Station.
Resources
 
Equity
·      Sarah Shoenfeld, Mapping Segregation in DC, DC Policy Center (2019) – https://www.dcpolicycenter.org/publications/mapping-segregation-fha/#_ftnref8
·      Kevin Baker, 'Welcome to Fear City' – the inside story of New York's civil war, 40 years on, The Guardian (May 18, 2015)
·      Joe Heim, New Lafayette Square marker highlights role of slavery in building White House, Washington Post (July 28, 2021) – https://tudorplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/New-Lafayette-Square-marker-highlights-role-of-slavery-in-building-White-House_Washington-Post-07.28.21.pdf 
·      Joe Heim, The enslaved people who built and staffed the White House: An afterthought no more, Washington Post (Feb. 17, 2020) – https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/the-enslaved-people-who-built-and-staffed-the-white-house-an-afterthought-no-more/2020/02/17/5e5393ea-483c-11ea-8124-0ca81effcdfb_story.html 
·      Lina Mann, Building the White House, White House Historical Association (Jan. 3, 2020) – https://www.whitehousehistory.org/building-the-white-house 
 
Biographies
·      Books in order of first ladies
·     Jaqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis: The Untold Story, Barbara Leaming (2014), is a full biography and argues that Jackie suffered for years after the assassination with post-traumatic stress disorder. 
·     A Woman Named Jackie, C. David Heymann (1989), a bit of a trashy biography, but it hits the high and low points.
·     Lady Bird: A Biography of Mrs. Johnson (1999), a full biography that concentrates on the Lady Bird’s childhood and marriage, and her place in her husband’s political career
·     Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight, Julia Sweig (2021) focuses on Lady Bird’s time as first lady, specifically her role as political advisor and her activities as an environmentalist, urban planner, and women’s advocate during those years.) 
·     Lady Bird Johnson and the Environment, Lewis L. Gould (1988, 2021) (Chapter 6: A Pattern of Quality for Washington’s Neighborhoods, provides in-depth, scholarly coverage of the involved work of Lady Bird, her staff, and those she brought in as donors or staff for small and large-scale projects in black neighborhoods of Washington, DC.) – available at https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv1p2gjzg 
Podcasts
·     History Chicks
·     Lady Bird Johnson – Episo

We are exploring in a three-episode series two First Ladies, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Lady Bird Johnson, who made their marks in the 1960s and 70s. Warning: We will be discussing some matters in these three episodes that could be upsetting or inappropriate for children or individuals with triggers due to mentions of violence or inappropriate behavior in relationships.
These two First Ladies each had a significant affect on transportation and public spaces. Why even talk about other aspects of their lives in a podcast that focuses on public space and transportation? My answer is because plans, ideas, and whether they come to fruition often have as much to do with personality as with laws, politics, and societal attitudes. Who these prominent women were and how they were perceived greatly affected how their projects and conduct were accepted, embraced, or rejected. Tumultuous events and societal attitudes would affect their legacies.
In Part 1 (Episode 13), we’ll be comparing and contrasting Lady Bird's and Jackie's backgrounds and experiences in the public eye as they approach and become First Ladies. 
 
In Part 2 (Episode 14), we’ll be looking at Jackie’s involvement in preventing the destruction of the character of Lafayette Square in Washington, DC, and Lady Bird’s beautification/environmental efforts and her work in urban planning outside of tourist, official and wealthy Washington. That topic will continue into Part 3 (Episode 15) and we will then conclude the series with Jackie’s advocacy to save Grand Central Terminal/Station.
Resources
Sources for more information:
Please note that the newspaper articles are available for free through many public library systems. They are not all available otherwise on the Internet.
 
Equity
·      Sarah Shoenfeld, Mapping Segregation in DC, DC Policy Center (2019) – https://www.dcpolicycenter.org/publications/mapping-segregation-fha/#_ftnref8
·      Kevin Baker, 'Welcome to Fear City' – the inside story of New York's civil war, 40 years on, The Guardian (May 18, 2015)
·      Joe Heim, New Lafayette Square marker highlights role of slavery in building White House, Washington Post (July 28, 2021) – https://tudorplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/New-Lafayette-Square-marker-highlights-role-of-slavery-in-building-White-House_Washington-Post-07.28.21.pdf 
·      Joe Heim, The enslaved people who built and staffed the White House: An afterthought no more, Washington Post (Feb. 17, 2020) – https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/the-enslaved-people-who-built-and-staffed-the-white-house-an-afterthought-no-more/2020/02/17/5e5393ea-483c-11ea-8124-0ca81effcdfb_story.html 
·      Lina Mann, Building the White House, White House Historical Association (Jan. 3, 2020) – https://www.whitehousehistory.org/building-the-white-house 
 
Biographies
·      Books in order of first ladies
o   Jaqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis: The Untold Story, Barbara Leaming (2014), is a full biography and argues that Jackie suffered for years after the assassination with post-traumatic stress disorder. 
o   A Woman Named Jackie, C. David Heymann (1989), a bit of a trashy biography, but it hits the high and low points.
o   Lady Bird: A Biography of Mrs. Johnson (1999), a full biography that concentrates on the Lady Bird’s childhood and marriage, and her place in her husband’s political career
o   Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight, Julia Sweig (2021) focuses on Lady Bird’s time as first lady, specifically her role as political advisor and her activities as an environmentalist, urban planner, and women’s advocate during those years.) 
o   Lady Bird Johnson and the Environment, Lewis L. Gould (1988, 2021) (Chapter 6: A Pattern of Quality for Washington’s Neighborhoods, provides in-depth, scholarly coverage of the involved work of Lady Bird, her staff, and those she brought in as donors or staff for small and large-scale projects in black neighb