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and theme parks play in creating public cultures

to the devastating news that his son Quentin had been shot down and killed over France

lobbyists are the recipients of lampooning stump portrayals and sensationalized news coverage

Her initial euphoria evaporated under the oppressive weight of reality: insomnia

"The 'challenge of change' is everyone's favorite phrase these days

A Falling-Off Place Patrice McDermott and theme parks play inPhotographer Barbara Mensch's rediscovered photo archives and interview tapes capture symbolic transformations of Lower Manhattan. Many of the images are published here for the first time. The photographs evoke the passage of time by dividing the images into three parts: the 1980s, 1990s, and the new millennium (2000 and beyond). The photographer shares with the viewer: "I would shoot ruins of buildings, the demolition of famous waterfront saloons,