Main entry:

Vergara, Camilo José, author, photographer.

Title & Author:

Harlem : the unmaking of a ghetto / Camilo José Vergara ; foreword by Timothy J. Gilfoyle.

Publication:

Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2013.

Description:

ix, 364 pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm.

Series:

Historical studies of urban America

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-364).
Introduction -- Street photography of Harlem, early 1970s -- Since 1977, exploring Harlem through time-lapse photography -- The urban fabric -- Many Harlems, one cultural capital of black America -- Lost Harlem -- Globalization takes over: from sugar club to global church -- Ruins and semi-ruins -- Landmark Harlem and Harlem landmarks -- Memorialization -- "Simply magnificent": the new apartment buildings of Harlem -- The projects: unlikely bastions preserving traditions -- The subway -- Defenses -- Culture -- Harlem walls: graffiti, memorials, murals, and advertisements -- Religion -- Parades, celebrations, and commemorations -- "We put our own spin on style": Harlem fashions -- The African presence in Harlem -- Tourists in search of Harlem's heyday -- A defiant attitude -- Lexington Avenue at East 125th street: a happening intersection -- Free food -- What mean these stones? -- Afterword -- In Harlem wandering from street to street.

Summary:

A documentary in photographs of the changing Harlem landscape, from the early 1970s street life to contemporary gentrification.

ISBN:

9780226853369 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0226853365 (cloth ; alk. paper)
(e-book)
9780226034478

Subject:

Urban renewal New York (State) New York Pictorial works.
Street photography New York (State) New York.
Urban renewal New York (State) New York.
Rénovation urbaine New York (État) New York Ouvrages illustrés.
Photographie de rue New York (État) New York.
Rénovation urbaine New York (État) New York.
Buildings
Street photography
Urban renewal
Stadtsanierung
Streetphotography
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) Pictorial works.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) Buildings, structures, etc.
New York (State) New York
New York (State) New York Harlem
New York- Harlem

Form/genre:

Catalog
illustrated books.
catalogs (documents)
Illustrated works
Catalogs
Ouvrages illustrés.
Catalogues.

Added entries:

Gilfoyle, Timothy J., writer of added commentary.
Historical studies of urban America.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 285301
Call No.: BIB 224707
Status: Available