ISBN:
9780199741892
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (252 pages)
Parallel Title:
Print version Naked City : The Death and Life of Authentic Urban Places
Parallel Title:
Zukin, Sharon Naked city
DDC:
307.14164097471
Keywords:
Urbanization
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Community development, Urban
;
City and town life
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Electronic books ; local
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City and town life ; New York (State) ; New York
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Community development, Urban ; New York (State) ; New York
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Urbanization ; New York (State) ; New York
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Electronic books
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New York, NY
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Stadtforschung
;
Gentrifizierung
Abstract:
Sharon Zukin argues that the rapid and pervasive demand for authenticity--and the consequent escalating real estate prices--has helped drive out the very people who first lent a neighborhood its authentic aura: immigrants, the working class, and artists. Zukin traces this economic and social evolution in six archetypal New York areas--Williamsburg, Harlem, the East Village, Union Square, Red Hook, and the city's community gardens--and shows that for followers of Jane Jacobs, this transformation is a perversion of what was supposed to happen.
Abstract:
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction The City That Lost Its Soul -- Uncommon Spaces -- 1 How Brooklyn Became Cool -- 2 Why Harlem Is Not a Ghetto -- 3 Living Local in the East Village -- Common Spaces -- 4 Union Square and the Paradox of Public Space -- 5 A Tale of Two Globals: Pupusas and IKEA in Red Hook -- 6 The Billboard and the Garden: A Struggle for Roots -- Conclusion Destination Culture and the Crisis of Authenticity -- Notes -- Index.
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Preface; Introduction: The City That Lost Its Soul; Uncommon Spaces; Common Spaces; Conclusion Destination Culture and the Crisis of Authenticity; Notes; Index;
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
