This publication is presented to you through Paradigm Publishing Services
University of Chicago Press
Chapter
Licensed
Unlicensed
Requires Authentication
5. Moving Art Downtown
You are currently not able to access this content.
You are currently not able to access this content.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Introduction Art, Artists, and Gentrifi cation 1
- 1. The Wastelands of New York 12
- 2. Making the Artist Loft 42
- 3. Gray Areas and Industrial Slums: The Lower Manhattan Expressway 71
- 4. Artist Organizations, Political Advocacy, and the Creation of a Residential SoHo 92
- 5. Moving Art Downtown 107
- 6. Real Estate and SoHo Politics: Loft Promotion and Historic Preservation in Lower Manhattan 133
- 7. The Embourgeoisement of SoHo 158
- 8. The Spread of Loft Living: Real Estate Development and Tenant Conflict in SoHo and Beyond 182
- 9. Making New York a Loft Living City 209
- Conclusion. Contemporary SoHo and the Neighborhood’s Signifi cance 230
- Acknowledgments 239
- Notes 243
- Bibliography 273
- Index 283
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Introduction Art, Artists, and Gentrifi cation 1
- 1. The Wastelands of New York 12
- 2. Making the Artist Loft 42
- 3. Gray Areas and Industrial Slums: The Lower Manhattan Expressway 71
- 4. Artist Organizations, Political Advocacy, and the Creation of a Residential SoHo 92
- 5. Moving Art Downtown 107
- 6. Real Estate and SoHo Politics: Loft Promotion and Historic Preservation in Lower Manhattan 133
- 7. The Embourgeoisement of SoHo 158
- 8. The Spread of Loft Living: Real Estate Development and Tenant Conflict in SoHo and Beyond 182
- 9. Making New York a Loft Living City 209
- Conclusion. Contemporary SoHo and the Neighborhood’s Signifi cance 230
- Acknowledgments 239
- Notes 243
- Bibliography 273
- Index 283
