Johanna Schoen
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9781469621180
- eISBN:
- 9781469623344
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469621180.003.0005
- Subject:
- History, Social History
Chapter 5 traces the tactics of anti-abortion activists and their impact on the experience of abortion providers and patients. Already in the 1970s, towns tried to prevent the opening of abortion ...
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Chapter 5 traces the tactics of anti-abortion activists and their impact on the experience of abortion providers and patients. Already in the 1970s, towns tried to prevent the opening of abortion clinics through building and zoning regulations. Once clinics had opened, demonstrators in front of abortion clinics, intimidated patients and abortion providers, held prayer vigils and harassed patients and staff through sidewalk counselling. The chapter discusses the history and tactics of sidewalk counselling and Crisis Pregnancy Centers and the attempts of abortion providers to defend themselves against anti-abortion activism. Providers’ ability to endure the harassment and continue their work depended in part on their ability to get help from law enforcement. And African American patients and providers also relied on their experiences as civil rights activists when confronting anti-abortion activists. The chapter focuses on the experiences of clinics in Fort Wayne, Indiana and Fargo, North Dakota, and concludes with a discussion of Operation Rescue tactics in Atlanta and Detroit.Less
Chapter 5 traces the tactics of anti-abortion activists and their impact on the experience of abortion providers and patients. Already in the 1970s, towns tried to prevent the opening of abortion clinics through building and zoning regulations. Once clinics had opened, demonstrators in front of abortion clinics, intimidated patients and abortion providers, held prayer vigils and harassed patients and staff through sidewalk counselling. The chapter discusses the history and tactics of sidewalk counselling and Crisis Pregnancy Centers and the attempts of abortion providers to defend themselves against anti-abortion activism. Providers’ ability to endure the harassment and continue their work depended in part on their ability to get help from law enforcement. And African American patients and providers also relied on their experiences as civil rights activists when confronting anti-abortion activists. The chapter focuses on the experiences of clinics in Fort Wayne, Indiana and Fargo, North Dakota, and concludes with a discussion of Operation Rescue tactics in Atlanta and Detroit.
Annette M. Kim
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- January 2017
- ISBN:
- 9789888208333
- eISBN:
- 9789888313471
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789888208333.003.0002
- Subject:
- Architecture, Architectural Theory and Criticism
This chapter focuses on both the resilience and evolution of the spatial practices of everyday people on the sidewalks through Ho Chi Minh City’s history. With an emphasis on spatial practices, the ...
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This chapter focuses on both the resilience and evolution of the spatial practices of everyday people on the sidewalks through Ho Chi Minh City’s history. With an emphasis on spatial practices, the chapter selects two very different urban morphologies within present day Ho Chi Minh City, the French colonial center, which built a mini-Paris in Asia, and the merchant Chinatown of Cholon. While morphology has been viewed as both an expression of and shaper of culture and socio- economic structure, this chapter pursues a more nuanced tracing of how ordinary people have throughout history have altered, continued, subverted the use of interstitial public spaces in the city through various regimes: early settlement years, French colonial urbanism, communist revolutionary years, and the current market transition period. Recovering the history of practice allows a deeper reflection on the space and society nexus and how we define cultural urban identities such as the “Vietnamese city” or “Asian city.”Less
This chapter focuses on both the resilience and evolution of the spatial practices of everyday people on the sidewalks through Ho Chi Minh City’s history. With an emphasis on spatial practices, the chapter selects two very different urban morphologies within present day Ho Chi Minh City, the French colonial center, which built a mini-Paris in Asia, and the merchant Chinatown of Cholon. While morphology has been viewed as both an expression of and shaper of culture and socio- economic structure, this chapter pursues a more nuanced tracing of how ordinary people have throughout history have altered, continued, subverted the use of interstitial public spaces in the city through various regimes: early settlement years, French colonial urbanism, communist revolutionary years, and the current market transition period. Recovering the history of practice allows a deeper reflection on the space and society nexus and how we define cultural urban identities such as the “Vietnamese city” or “Asian city.”
James M. Lindgren
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- March 2016
- ISBN:
- 9781479822577
- eISBN:
- 9781479825578
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9781479822577.003.0005
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
This chapter examines how the South Street Seaport bridged New York City's past and present through its historic preservation initiatives. It begins by focusing on Peter M. Stanford's efforts to ...
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This chapter examines how the South Street Seaport bridged New York City's past and present through its historic preservation initiatives. It begins by focusing on Peter M. Stanford's efforts to revive the city of New York and preserve the Seaport neighborhood before discussing the South Street Seaport Museum's vision to make the district a collection of small museums that would restore endangered buildings. It then considers the Seaport's Sidewalk History Project that introduced pedestrians to everything from “Waterfront Dives” to “Warehouse Cats.” It also explores the Seaport's designation as a centerpiece of the Bicentennial celebration in New York City, during which tourists roamed the “museum without walls.” Finally, it describes attempts to save Kaiulani, a square-rigger stranded on a Filipino beach, and the significance of Operation Sail 1976 to New York's Bicentennial.Less
This chapter examines how the South Street Seaport bridged New York City's past and present through its historic preservation initiatives. It begins by focusing on Peter M. Stanford's efforts to revive the city of New York and preserve the Seaport neighborhood before discussing the South Street Seaport Museum's vision to make the district a collection of small museums that would restore endangered buildings. It then considers the Seaport's Sidewalk History Project that introduced pedestrians to everything from “Waterfront Dives” to “Warehouse Cats.” It also explores the Seaport's designation as a centerpiece of the Bicentennial celebration in New York City, during which tourists roamed the “museum without walls.” Finally, it describes attempts to save Kaiulani, a square-rigger stranded on a Filipino beach, and the significance of Operation Sail 1976 to New York's Bicentennial.
