| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Historical studies of urban America
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Historical studies of urban America.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Art, artists, and gentrification -- The wastelands of New York -- Making the artist loft -- Gray areas and industrial slums: the Lower Manhattan Expressway -- Artist organizations, political advocacy, and the creation of a residential SoHo -- Moving art downtown -- Real estate and SoHo politics: loft promotion and historic preservation in Lower Manhattan -- The embourgeoisement of SoHo -- The spread of loft living: real estate development and tenant conflict in SoHo and beyond -- Making New York a loft living city -- Conclusion: Contemporary SoHo and the neighborhood's significance. |
| Summary |
American cities entered a new phase when, beginning in the 1950s, artists and developers looked upon a decaying industrial zone in Lower Manhattan and saw, not blight, but opportunity: cheap rents, lax regulation and wide open spaces. Thus, SoHo was born. From 1960 to 1980, residents transformed the industrial neighbourhood into an artist district, creating the conditions under which it evolved into an upper-income, gentrified area. In 'The Lofts of SoHo', Aaron Shkuda studies the transition of the district from industrial space to artists' enclave to affluent residential area. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
SoHo (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century.
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Artists -- Housing -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Artists -- Housing. |
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New York (State) -- New York. |
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Artists. |
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Artists -- Dwellings -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Artists -- Dwellings. |
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Artist colonies -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Gentrification -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Gentrification. |
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Artist colonies. |
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ART -- Performance. |
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History. |
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ART -- Reference. |
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New York (State) -- New York -- SoHo. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Title |
Gentrification, art, and industry in New York, 1950-1980 |
| Other Form: |
Erscheint auch als: Druck-Ausgabe Shkuda, Aaron. Lofts of SoHo : Gentrification, Art, and Industry in New York, 1950-1980. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2016 9780226334189 |
| ISBN |
9780226334219 (electronic book) |
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022633421X (electronic book) |
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9780226334189 |
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022633418X |
| Standard No. |
40025949687 |
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