| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 294 pages) : illustrations, map |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-280) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
City and town life -- New York (State) -- New York.
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City and town life. |
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New York (State) -- New York. |
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Urbanization -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Urbanization. |
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Community development, Urban -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Community development, Urban. |
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City planning -- Social aspects -- New York (State) -- New York.
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City planning -- Social aspects. |
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Authenticity (Philosophy)
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Authenticity (Philosophy) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Zukin, Sharon. Naked city. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010 9780195382853 (DLC) 2009038248 (OCoLC)320193350 |
| ISBN |
9780199741892 (electronic book) |
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0199741891 (electronic book) |
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9780195382853 |
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0195382854 |
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