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Episode 355c: 2023 US Open Day 3 - Is the US Open a Good Neighbor?
Episode 355c: 2023 US Open Day 3 - Is the US Open a Good Neighbor?
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Length:
18 minutes
Released:
Aug 30, 2023
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Podcast episode
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Ben is joined by David Waldstein of The New York Times, who recently wrote about the disconnect between the US Open and its neighbors, the Latino communities of Corona and other neighborhoods like Elmhurst and Flushing.
Why is the US Open so walled off from these communities? What could be done to make them more connected and invested in one another? And what is lost by hundreds of thousands of people passing over these neighborhoods in "flyover" fashion as the tournament teleports its people from Midtown Manhattan to the island of the USTABJKNTC?
Why is the US Open so walled off from these communities? What could be done to make them more connected and invested in one another? And what is lost by hundreds of thousands of people passing over these neighborhoods in "flyover" fashion as the tournament teleports its people from Midtown Manhattan to the island of the USTABJKNTC?
Released:
Aug 30, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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