Main entry:

Zukin, Sharon.

Title & Author:

Naked city : the death and life of authentic urban places / Sharon Zukin.

Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Description:

xv, 294 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-280) and index.
Origins and new beginnings -- How Brooklyn became cool -- Why Harlem is not a ghetto -- Living local in the East Village -- Union square and the paradox of public space -- A tale of two globals: pupusas and Ikea in Red Hook -- The billboard and the garden: a struggle for roots -- Destination culture and the crisis of authenticity.
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Summary:

As cities have gentrified, educated urbanites have come to prize what they regard as "authentic" urban life: aging buildings, art galleries, small boutiques, upscale food markets, neighborhood old-timers, funky ethnic restaurants, and old, family-owned shops. These signify a place's authenticity, in contrast to the bland standardization of the suburbs and exurbs. But as Sharon Zukin shows in Naked City, the rapid and pervasive demand for authenticity--evident in escalating real estate prices, expensive stores, and closely monitored urban streetscapes--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 travels to both the city's first IKEA store and the World Trade Center site. She shows that for followers of Jane Jacobs, this transformation is a perversion of what was supposed to happen. Indeed, Naked City is a sobering update of Jacobs' legendary 1962 book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities.

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ISBN:

9780195382853 (acid-free paper)
0195382854 (acid-free paper)
9780199794461 (pbk.)
0199794464 (pbk.)
9780199741892 (ebk.)
0199741891

Subject:

City and town life New York (State) New York.
Urbanization New York (State) New York.
Community development, Urban New York (State) New York.
City planning Social aspects New York (State) New York.
Authenticity (Philosophy)
Vie urbaine New York (État) New York.
Urbanisation New York (État) New York.
Développement communautaire urbain New York (État) New York.
Authenticité (Philosophie)
towns.
urbanization.
social conditions.
sociocultural environment.
social structure.
usa.
Architecture and Planning.
City and town life
City planning Social aspects
Community development, Urban
Urbanization
Steden.
Stadsplanning.
Authenticiteit.
Stadsliv Förenta staterna New York.
Urban politik Förenta staterna New York.
Gentrifiering Förenta staterna New York.
New York (State) New York
New York (stad)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 270225
Call No.: BIB 202915
Status: Available