On the brink of bankruptcy in the 1970s, New York City has been
restored as a center of economic and cultural vitality in the
1980s. But it has also become an increasingly brutal place, where
incivility reigns, drugs lace the streets, and crime is so
pervasive that most New Yorkers now consider it a permanent
fixture, like gray skies and impossible traffic. What is it that
continues to draw people to this city of contradictions?Born and
educated in New York, Herbert London knows this city of dreams as
few do. The Broken Apple is based on his keen observations of New
York's social, political, and cultural life over the critical
decade of the 1980s. London examines the city's continuing
failures, including a city administration unable to meet the most
basic citizen needs or to assure safety and security. He sees
schools that have become mean-spirited, with teachers unable to
teach, administrators unable to maintain order, and students unable
to learn. He describes the new slaves of New York as those in
search of a place to live, in a city where housing is in shorter
supply than in any other major city in the nation. London asks why,
despite all this, everything is bigger than life in New York, and
finds the answer in New York's role as the nation's communications
hub and the measuring rod by which other cities are judged.London
writes with knowledgeable affection about this very special place,
where the mundane is freely converted into the metaphorical. His
book is an excursion, a guide to what is good, what is bad, and
what is awful in the city. It is a montage of the years of Mayor
Koch, the period many have described as the city's fin de siecle.
But it is also a perscriptive book, pointing out what can be done
in practical ways to improve life.The Broken Apple will be of
interest to urban specialists as well as those for whom New York is
an aspiration or a reality. Like the city itself, the book has
something for everyone, from visions of political corruption to
acts of redemption. Above all, it captures the pulsating rhythm of
this unique city
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