Cityscape

On this week's Cityscape, we shine a spotlight on women working in traditionally male blue collar jobs.

For a lot of people, New York City is the very definition of nightlife.  On this week's Cityscape, we'll find out what's hot in the city after dark and delve into some of the issues and concerns that revolve around nightlife, from liquor licenses to safety to noise complaints.

As part of WFUV's Strike a Chord campaign, this week's Cityscape is all about affordable housing.  We'll get into the nitty gritty of what that term means in New York City, talk to the city's housing commissioner about efforts to build and preserve affordable housing and take a step inside an affordable housing complex in midtown Manhattan that some say is nothing short of a miracle.

The Bronx is a borough that conjures up a wide variety of images…Hip Hop...the Yankees…the Zoo…and if you’re of a certain age, you might think of the urban decay of the 1970’s and 80’s.  Over the years, Hollywood has helped to perpetuate many of the negative images of the Bronx, but it’s also shown the borough’s brighter side.  On this week's Cityscape, an exploration of the Bronx on the big screen.  Also this week, a look back at the history of what was once the Bronx's grandest movie theater...the Loew's Paradise.

On this week's Cityscape, we're undressing New York City, so to speak.  We're talking with New Yorkers who make a living by making, selling and wearing underwear.  We'll meet someone who's been fitting women in bras for more than 30 years, a family who's been making men's underwear for four generations and a Bronx man who earns a buck modeling underwear.

Every day people hop in cars and board trains and buses to get to work, but not every commute is the same and neither is every commuter.  On this week's Cityscape, we'll meet some ordinary New Yorkers with not so ordinary commutes.

New York City's landscape is forever changing...buildings come down...new ones go up...old theaters are transformed into restaurants and even pharmacies. On this week's Cityscape, we'll hear about efforts to make sure the city's history and cultural heritage aren't obliterated in the name of progress.

Cityscape celebrates Valentine's Day this week with a visit to a chocolate factory in Brooklyn. We'll also learn all about perfumes and colognes at an olfactory school in midtown Manhattan.

The first, perhaps annual, Cityscape Spelling Bee. Listen as two New Yorkers go head to head for the prize of WFUV music host Dennis Elsas' voice on their home answering machine. We'll also drop in on an adult spelling bee at a Brooklyn bar.

For a lot of people construction sites are more of an eyesore than a work of art. But, a downtown business improvement district’s working to change that. We'll hear about their efforts on this week's Cityscape. Also this week, members of the group Improv Everywhere, talk about some of the public pranks they've pulled over the years, including their No Pants Subway Ride.