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He concedes that mods and rockers had some fights in the mid-1960s, but argues that they were no different from the evening brawls that occurred between youths throughout the 1950s and early 1960s at seaside resorts and after football games. He argues that the UK media turned the mod subculture into a symbol of delinquent and deviant status. [10]
The mods and rockers conflict led sociologist Stanley Cohen to use the term "moral panic" in his study about the two youth subcultures, [5] in which he examined media coverage of the mod and rocker riots in the 1960s. [6] By 1965, conflicts between mods and rockers began to subside and mods increasingly gravitated towards pop art and psychedelia.
The shopping mall occupies the lower floors of an unusual building. The Art Deco McGraw-Hill Building, built in 1928 and a designated City of Chicago historic landmark, was demolished but its facade dismantled, cleaned, stored, and re-hung on the exterior of a new building on the same site.
The first Motoblot rally took place in July 2014, and was renamed from the previous "Mods vs Rockers Chicago" rally. [4] In addition to a motorcycle and hot rod show, the rally features live music, the Miss Motoblot pin-up contest, [5] and sponsorship by Triumph Motorcycles, Progressive Insurance, and All Rise Brewing.
"The mods adopted a pose of scooter-driving sophistication, wearing suits and other cleancut outfits." True, but the article should mention the parkas the Mods wore, especially on their scooters. In the photographs of mods-on-scooters of the period I seem to recall lots of parkas but rarely a Tonik suit. Marshall46 12:26, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
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It is an elevated station over the intersection of Great Mall Parkway and Main Street in Milpitas, California. A pedestrian bridge connects the station to the nearby Great Mall of the Bay Area, after which the station is named. The station was opened on June 24, 2004, as part of the second phase of VTA's Tasman East light rail extension. [5]
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