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The Lofts of SoHo: Gentrification, Art, and Industry in New York, 19501980 (Historical Studies of Urban America)
Aaron Shkuda
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Hardcover. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 165 x 238 x 26. Weight in Grams: 558.
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 neighborhood into an artist district, creating the conditions under which it evolved into an upper-income, gentrified area. Introducing the idea—still potent in city planning today—that art could be harnessed to drive municipal prosperity, SoHo was the forerunner of gentrified districts in cities nationwide, spawning the notion of the creative class.
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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 neighborhood into an artist district, creating the conditions under which it evolved into an upper-income, gentrified area. Introducing the idea—still potent in city planning today—that art could be harnessed to drive municipal prosperity, SoHo was the forerunner of gentrified districts in cities nationwide, spawning the notion of the creative class.
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Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
Series
Historical Studies of Urban America
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226334189
SKU
V9780226334189
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