[applause] >> miriam greenberg is the author, tra "branding new york:w a city in crisis was sold to the world" is the book. what do you think? >> well, i think of new york in the post-world war ii period was in a position of preeminence really of the united states. it was when its fortunes were rising for a time. i think it was a famous kind of working-class city, to quote another book by joshua freeman. it was a city that had had a lot of business during world war ii, and its industries had been employing many, many new yorkers. and it was also a growing media capital. it was expanding its office infrastructure. it was growing in terms of the siding of the united nations. it was getting a lot of international attention in any way politically. and it was part of, you know, it was seen internationally as kind of the capital of a resurgent u.s. following world war ii. yes, very much a. so its star was rising in the. >> what happened in new york in the 1970s? >> well, it is a complicated question that has global national, local reasonings behind it. political, economic cultures. it was a

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. >> miriam greenberg is the author of branding new york how the city to soldier -- >> the disabled son of ben bradlee and sally quinn discusses the difficulties of being both mentally and physically disabled while growing up among the washington elite. quinn bradlee appears with his mother in sterling, virginia. this event lasts an hour. >> okay, we're going to -- we're going to get started. i thought i would talk a little bit first about my experience as a mother with quinn. and then i'll start asking him questions and then you can get a sense of the family dynamic here. quinn's book is called "a different life". and it's a takeoff on my husband's book. my husband is ben bradlee who's the former editor of the "washington post" who wrote a book called "a good life: newspapering and other adventures. when quinn decided to write his book being learning disabled he decided to write "a different life: growing up learning disabled and other adventures" and it really tells the story of quinn growing up starting with when he was born. a lot of that part comes from what we have told him but hi

. >> miriam greenberg is the author of branding new york: how a city in crisis was sold to the world.when you think of a city in the '50s and '60s, what do you think of? >> well, i think new york in the post-world war ii period was in a position of -- you know, pr m preeminence and it's fortunes was rising for a time. it was a famous kind of working class city to quote another book by joshua freeman. it was a city that had had a lot of business during world war ii and its industries had been employing many, many new yorkers. and it was also a growing media capital. it was expanding its office infrastructure. it was growing in terms of of the siting of the united nations. it was part of, you know -- it was seen, i think, internationally as kind of the capital of a resurgent u.s. following world war ii. yes, very much so. so its star was rising in that period. >> what happened to new york in the 1970s? >> well, it's a complicated question that has global, national reasonings behind it political economic cultural. it was a period of crisis on many levels. and it was a period that began r