to the 1950's when urban renewal is release of the nation, that's when frankfurt decided that crawfished bottom at that point referred to as the crop or the bottom was wiped out the of urban renewal and replaced with civic centers, hotels, the ymca, state government buildings, the state to our. applause of shops. you know, the vision was that this would be kind of a pedestrian mall that you could walk in shop and what not. we've are standing on the corner of the grounds of the old state capitol in frankfurt. right across the street from the old state capital is really where "crawfish bottom" began, which is interesting that you have the state legislature right across the streets from what was considered the bad part of town. it was considered the neglected part of town. and you are a stone's throw away from where laws were happening. but it was actually about 50 acres that was taken out by urban renewal. and so there are a lot of questions, even with people who lived there that could not really give a consistent answer as to exactly what blocks and streets made up the neighborhood, which is kin

right across the street from the state capital is where crawfish bottom began. it is interesting that you had the state legislators right across the street and from what was considered the bad part of town. it was considered the neglected part of town. you were a stone's ferro away from where it was happening. it was about 50 acres taken out by urban renewal. there are a lot of questions even the people who live there, couldn't really give a consistent answer as to exactly what streets made up the neighborhood. that is the fun of it, to hear them talk about shifting boundaries of this neighborhood and what did you consider to be craw? some said it was the corner of clinton and washington street where some said the rest of it was bottoms. some say the whole thing is craw. some say that crop was the four blocks but beyond that was the bottom. really an interesting exercise in memory, in public perception, public memory of where people live. interestingly enough it was also something they were remembering that no longer existed. these are things -- the person who d

and it was really neat tear that. >> so what did happen to crawfish bottom? >> like i said, they've been calling for the destruction of the neighborhood since the 1870s. that car was persistent. greater frankfurt felt like this is the bad part of town. in 1913 made to the major study with a documented the slums. they were from the photographic documentation of the slums of frankfurt, which are just amazing. a lot of people were sort of likening slums to disease and during that time. there was a lot of calls for cleaning up the neighborhood. early in the 1950s, when urban renewal really swept the nation, was when frankfurt decided that crawfish bottom, at that point it was referred to as the craw or the bottoms. it was replaced with civic center, hotel, ymca, state government building, the state tower and a plethora of shops. i think the vision was this to be kind of a mall, a pedestrian mall that people could walk and shop in lebanon. we are actually standing on the corner of the grounds of the old state capitol in frankfort. right across the street from the

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standing on the corner of the grounds of the old state capital and right across the street is where crawfish bottom began which is interesting you have the state legislators right across the street and some have considered the of bad part of town and you were a stone's throw away but it was 50 acres taken out buy it urban renewal some of those who could not give day consistent at -- dancer which was the fun of it and shifting boundaries some people said krogh was just the corner where some would actually say the rest of it was bottoms the other part would say the whole thing is cross some would say these four blocks but the in -- beyond that was the bottom end public memory of where people live and also they were remembering something that no longer existed. the person who did the interviews showed a map and would say this was here and here but not like it was the last 20 years. >> where did those families go? >> that is the controversy because promises were made by the city from the same public housing and affordable housing options and the city fell short to say we would provide alternative housi

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douglas boyd on frankfurt's crawfish bottom, and be kent masterson brown on the life of soldier johnorter. and on american history tv on one of only four distilleries in operation during prohibition. for medicinal purposes, of course. stop by the old state capitol. booktv and american history tv in frankfurt, kentucky, this weekend on c-span2 and 3. >> next, national transportation safety board chairman deborah hersman. she talks about new transportation safety rules for pilots and other challenges facing the industry. she spoke for about 20 minutes at the airline pilots' association air safety forum in washington. >> thanks, mike. hopefully, we can cross off some of those safety items from the most wanted list next year. ladies and gentlemen, we've now reached the final presentation in this year's program. and i believe we've saved the best for last. i am honored to introduce our next speaker, ms. debbie hersman, chairman of the national transportation safety board. ms. hersman was named ntsb chairman in 2009, and earlier this month was sworn in this to serve -- in to serve a second

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crawfish bottom. kent masterson brown on the life of a ninth kentucky cavalry soldier, john porter. a visit to buffalo trace distillery, one of only four distilleries in operation during prohibition, for medicinal purposes, of course. the first 2 statehouses' burned to the ground. stop by the third, the old state capital. this weekend on c-span 2 and 3. >> good morning. good morning. come on. good morning, class. i am mike petrilli. for those of you who are not familiar with fordham, we are a leading think tank. we do work here in washington and in ohio. we do not just talk about education reform. we do it in real town -- in real time. we are proud of that. i am excited to be moderating today's session. the idea really came from rick and randi. they run into each other from time to time and said all the debate and vigorous discussion around the big reforms pushed through this year -- often, it is more heat than light. we could have a conversation that does not paper over our differences around some of these key issues, that admits there are serious disagreements about which way to g

booktv on c-span2, vice, violation, corruption and urban renewal douglas boyd on frankfort's crawfish bottom. and kent masters brown on the life of ninth kentucky cavalry soldier john porter. american history tv on c-span3, a visit to buffalo trace distillery one of only four distilleries in operation during prohibition for medicinal purposes of course. and the first two-state houses burned to the ground. stop by the third, the old state capital. booktv and american history tv in frankfort, kentucky, this weekend on c-span2 and 3. >> a white house national drug control policy official is urging congress to continue funding for drugs and veteran treatment courts. the senate judiciary committee is going through programs to determine which need to be cut. benjamin tucker with the national drug control policy office explains the cost-effectiveness of drug courts and how they reduce recidivism rates. this is about an hour 40 minutes. [banging the gavel] >> the hearing will come to order. today's hearing we'll consider an important and growing component of our nation's criminal justice system. the

on book tv on c span2, life, violence, corruption and urban renewal, douglas boyd and crawfish bottom and the life of ninth kentucky be cavalry reporter tom porter. and a visit to one of four distilltries in operation during prohibition for medicinal purposes, of course. the first two statehouses burned to the ground. stop by the third, the old state capital. book tv and american history tv in frankfort, kentucky, next week on swfment-span2 and 3. >> texas republican congressman and presidential candidate ron paul was the keynote speaker friday night at the florida liberty summit in orlando. he talked about the current tax system and the federal reserve monetary policy. the ument is hosted by the group campaign for liberty. congressman paul finished in second place in last week's iowa republican party straw poll. one percentage point behind the winner representative bachmann. this is just over 45 minutes. >> thank you. thank you very much. thank you for coming. thank you for that very nice reception. i want to thank jack for the introduction. i also want to thank mark for his hard wor

booktv tv on c-span2, vice, violence, corruption and urban renewal, douglas boyd on frankford's crawfish bottomn porter and on american history tv on c-span3, a visit buffalo trace distillery, one of only four distillery in operation during prohibition for medicinal purposes, of course, and the first two-state houses burned to the ground. stop by the third, the old state capital. booktv and american history tv in frankford, kentucky, this weekend on c-span2 and 3. >> the senate judiciary committee is considering legislation to repeal the defense of marriage act. the law which was signed by president clinton bars marriages of same-sex marriages. .. >> the statements from the three house members who are here. i want to welcome everyone to the first ever congressional hearing, examining a bill to repeal the defense of marriage act, doma. i called this hearing to assess the impact of doma and american families. i've heard from a vermont families concerned about this important civil rights issue, and earlier this year i was proud to join senator feinstein and others introduced the bill that would re