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

Por:

Zukin, Sharon

Oxford : New York : Oxford University Press, 2009Descripción: xv, 294 p. ill. ; 23 cmTipo de contenido:

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9780199794461
9780195382853

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Clasificación CDD:

307.14

Clasificación LoC:

HN80.N5 Z85 2009

Contenidos:

Preface , ix -- Introduction : The City That Lost Its Soul 1 -- Uncommon Spaces -- 1 How Brooklyn Became Cool 35 -- 2 Why Harlem Is Not a Ghetto 63 -- 3 Living Local in the East Village 95 -- Common Spaces -- 4 Union Square and the Paradox of Public Space 125 -- 5 A Tale of Two Globals : Pupusas and IKEA in Red Hook 159 -- 6 The Billboard and the Garden : A Struggle for Roots 193 -- Conclusion : Destination Culture and the Crisis of Authenticity 219 -- Notes 247 -- Index 281 --

Resumen: 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 City neighborhoods, Zukin shows how the emphasis on distinctiveness has become a tool of economic elites to drive up real estate values and force out the neighborhood ''characters'' that people often idealize. With a journalist's eye and the understanding of a longtime observer, Zukin's panoramic survey of the city explains how our desire to consume authentic experience has become a central force in making more esclusive --

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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 1961 book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities. Like Jacobs, Zukin looks at what gives neighborhoods a sense of place, but argues that over time, the emphasis on neighborhood distinctiveness has become a tool of economic elites to drive up real estate values and effectively force out the neighborhood "characters" that Jacobs so evocatively idealized.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface , ix --
Introduction : The City That Lost Its Soul 1 --
Uncommon Spaces --
1 How Brooklyn Became Cool 35 --
2 Why Harlem Is Not a Ghetto 63 --
3 Living Local in the East Village 95 --
Common Spaces --
4 Union Square and the Paradox of Public Space 125 --
5 A Tale of Two Globals : Pupusas and IKEA in Red Hook 159 --
6 The Billboard and the Garden : A Struggle for Roots 193 --
Conclusion : Destination Culture and the Crisis of Authenticity 219 --
Notes 247 --
Index 281 --

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 City neighborhoods, Zukin shows how the emphasis on distinctiveness has become a tool of economic elites to drive up real estate values and force out the neighborhood ''characters'' that people often idealize. With a journalist's eye and the understanding of a longtime observer, Zukin's panoramic survey of the city explains how our desire to consume authentic experience has become a central force in making more esclusive --

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CHOICE Review

This interesting study presents an in-depth, picturesque, descriptive analysis of deterioration and revitalization of "authentic" neighborhoods in New York City. Basing her work on participant observation, media images, and city policy, Zukin (Brooklyn College, CUNY) examines historic diversity and changes in the economy and ethnic composition of Brooklyn/Williamsburg, Harlem, and the East Village. Furthermore, public places such as Union Square, Red Hook, and the city's community gardens receive attention for their local sense of community. The author highlights the impact of the homogenizing forces of modernization (gentrification) on these neighborhoods and public places. Zukin emphasizes the ongoing struggle between the corporate city and the urban village, and considers the tension between real estate developers and working-class ethnic minorities as a crisis of authenticity. She believes that a mix of old and new buildings, a diversity of uses, small-scale streets, low rents, and mom-and-pop stores are more authentic than upscale development and big-box chains. Zukin argues that public-private community organizations empowering residents, workers, and small business owners would restore neighborhood authenticity. A significant contribution to the sociology and anthropology of urban neighborhoods. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All levels/libraries. D. A. Chekki emeritus, University of Winnipeg

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Sharon Zukin is Professor of Sociology at Brooklyn College and Professor of Sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center. She is the author of Loft Living , Landscapes of Power (winner of the C. Wright Mills Award), The Cultures of Cities , and Point of Purchase.

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