Title The lofts of SoHo : gentrification, art, and industry in New York, 1950-1980 / Aaron Shkuda

Published Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, [2016] ©2016

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Description 1 online resource Series Historical studies of urban America Historical studies of urban America. 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 Analysis soho, gentrification, art, industry, new york, urban, neighborhood, city planning, renewal, redevelopment, artist loft, artists district, manhattan, activism, politics, advocacy, downtown, real estate, preservation, housing, wealth, nonfiction, space, revitalization, decline, deindustrialization, urbanity, tourism, fashion, trendy, architecture, factory, history Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 29, 2016) Subject Artists -- Housing -- New York (State) -- New York Artists -- Dwellings -- New York (State) -- New York Artist colonies -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century Gentrification -- New York (State) -- New York ART -- Performance. ART -- Reference. Artist colonies Artists -- Dwellings Artists -- Housing Gentrification SUBJECT SoHo (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century Subject New York (State) -- New York New York (State) -- New York -- SoHo Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780226334219 022633421X

Other Titles Gentrification, art, and industry in New York, 1950-1980

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