New York Block by Block

2023-09-19 Travel

Author : Cierra Block
Release : 2023-09-19
Genre : Travel
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 751/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis New York Block by Block by : Cierra Block

Download or read book New York Block by Block written by Cierra Block. This book was released on 2023-09-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you’re a fast-talking, swift-walking local or a tourist visiting the Big Apple for the first time, this book is for you. Arguably the most iconic city in the world, New York has more places to eat and things to see than you could manage in a lifetime. In New York Block by Block, artist Cierra Block reveals the best of the city, covering everything from secret leafy streets to inspiring bookstores, world-class museums to the best pizza, all accompanied by 40 vibrant maps. Featuring the most notable places to eat, what to see, where to walk and what to do, this is a guide like no other. Wander around Brooklyn like a local, grab the best bagels in town or see priceless masterpieces; the possibilities are endless. That’s the wonderful thing about New York – there’s always more to explore!

Art on the Block

2013-09-17 Art

Author : Ann Fensterstock
Release : 2013-09-17
Genre : Art
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 498/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Art on the Block written by Ann Fensterstock. This book was released on 2013-09-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tour of the last four decades of contemporary art in New York City reveals how artists pioneered new trends in gentrification and inspired art renewals, focusing on the achievements of such artists as Basquiat and Rauschenberg.

Block by Block

2007-12-19 Architecture

Author : Timothy Mennel
Release : 2007-12-19
Genre : Architecture
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Book Rating : 712/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Block by Block written by Timothy Mennel. This book was released on 2007-12-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book is an attack on current city planning and rebuilding." From this first sentence of the seminal 1961 bookThe Death and Life of Great American Cities, Jane Jacobs gave voice to those who believed the bulldozing, postwar policies of urban renewal were a dangerous threat to city life. She spent the next forty-five years challenging citizens to stand up for vibrant, mixed-use, pedestrian-friendly neighborhoods such as New York's Greenwich Village. Jane Jacobs's death in 2006 occasioned the beginnings of a critical re-evaluation of her achievements. With major new development plans—for sites from the East River to the West Side and from Lower Manhattan to Queens—either under consideration or in progress, it seems the perfect time to assess the relevance of her ideas for contemporary urban life. Block by Block is a far-ranging collection of essays about Jane Jacobs from an impressive group of writers and cultural critics including Marshall Berman, Malcolm Gladwell, Adam Gopnik, Paul Goldberger, Tama Janowitz, Ben Katchor, Phillip Lopate, Luc Sante, Bill "Reverend Billy" Talen, Colson Whitehead, and Tom Wolfe. This impressive lineupof contributors discusses the contemporary relevance of Jacobs's ideas about large-scale redevelopment, gentrification,and activism. While their viewpoints on these issues may differ, they continue the important debate begun by Jacobsabout the challenges facing New York and other great cities everywhere.

House by House, Block by Block

2004 Business & Economics

Author : Alexander Von Hoffman
Release : 2004
Genre : Business & Economics
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 148/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book House by House, Block by Block written by Alexander Von Hoffman. This book was released on 2004. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on years of research, this is the inspiring story of the dramatic revitalization of urban wastelands from Los Angeles to Chicago to Boston and the grassroots organizations and leaders that helped bring it about. 30 line illustrations.

Block by Block

2005-05-10 History

Author : Amanda I. Seligman
Release : 2005-05-10
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 658/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Block by Block written by Amanda I. Seligman. This book was released on 2005-05-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the decades following World War II, cities across the United States saw an influx of African American families into otherwise homogeneously white areas. This racial transformation of urban neighborhoods led many whites to migrate to the suburbs, producing the phenomenon commonly known as white flight. In Block by Block, Amanda I. Seligman draws on the surprisingly understudied West Side communities of Chicago to shed new light on this story of postwar urban America. Seligman's study reveals that the responses of white West Siders to racial changes occurring in their neighborhoods were both multifaceted and extensive. She shows that, despite rehabilitation efforts, deterioration in these areas began long before the color of their inhabitants changed from white to black. And ultimately, the riots that erupted on Chicago's West Side and across the country in the mid-1960s stemmed not only from the tribulations specific to blacks in urban centers but also from the legacy of accumulated neglect after decades of white occupancy. Seligman's careful and evenhanded account will be essential to understanding that the "flight" of whites to the suburbs was the eventual result of a series of responses to transformations in Chicago's physical and social landscape, occurring one block at a time.

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