Loft Living: Culture and Capital in Urban Change by Sharon Zukin (English) Paper

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Loft Living by Sharon Zukin Since its initial publication, Loft Living has become the classic analysis of the emergence of artists as a force of gentrification and the related rise of "creative city" policies around the world. This 25th anniversary edition, with a new introduction, illustrates how loft living has spread around the world, and that artists districts - trailing the success of SoHo in New York - have become a global tourist attraction. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Since its initial publication, Loft Living has become the classic analysis of the emergence of artists as a force of gentrification and the related rise of ""creative city"" policies around the world. This 25th anniversary edition, with a new introduction, illustrates how loft living has spread around the world and that artists districts - trailing the success of SoHo in New York - have become a global tourist attraction. Sharon Zukin reveals the economic shifts and cultural transformations that brought widespread attention to artists as lifestyle models and agents of urban change, and explains their role in attracting investors and developers to the derelict loft districts where they made their home.Prescient and dramatic, Loft Living shows how a declining downtown Manhattan became a popular ""scene"", how loft apartments became hot commodities for the middle class, and how investors, corporations, and rich elites profited from deindustrializing the citys factory districts and turning them into trendy venues for art galleries, artisanal restaurants, and bars. However, this edition points out that the artists who led the trend are now priced out of the loft market. Even in New York, where the loft living market was born, artists have no legal claim on loft districts, nor do they get any preferential treatment in the harsh real estate market.From the story of SoHo in Lower Manhattan to SoWa in Boston and SoMa in San Francisco, Zukin explains how once-edgy districts are transformed into high-price neighborhoods, and how no city can restrain the juggernaut of rising property values. Author Biography Sharon Zukin is Professor of Sociology at Brooklyn College and Graduate School, City University of New York. She is the author of "Loft Living" and, most recently, the award-winning "Landscapes of Power." Table of Contents Updated Introduction Loft Living Grows Up: From Artists Studio to Global Brand Foreword by David Harvey Preface: Reader, Beware! 1 Living Lofts as Terrain and Market 2 Investment and Politics 3 The Creation of a "Loft Lifestyle" 4 Art in the Arms of Power 5 From Arts Production to Housing Market 6 Demand and Development in the Loft Market 7 Speculation and the State 8 Capital Shifts and the Cultural Avant-Garde in Urban America Postscript to the Paperback Edition: More Market Forces Review An impressive book. Zukin entered the tangled world of zoning law, development politics, and real estate markets, analyzed documents and conducted interviews until she understood that world and was able to make us understand it, and emerged with a persuasive analysis of what may be the fundamental model for urban change."" - American Journal of Sociology""An important, substantive study in urban sociology and political economy...readable...style, free of academic cant."" - Choice""A formidable book."" - New Statesman Long Description Since its initial publication, Loft Living has become the classic analysis of the emergence of artists as a force of gentrification and the related rise of ?creative city? policies around the world. This 25th anniversary edition, with a new introduction, illustrates how loft living has spread around the world and that artists? districts?trailing the success of SoHo in New York?have become a global tourist attraction. Sharon Zukin reveals the economic shifts and cultural transformations that brought widespread attention to artists as lifestyle models and agents of urban change, and explains their role in attracting investors and developers to the derelict loft districts where they made their home. Prescient and dramatic, Loft Living shows how a declining downtown Manhattan became a popular ?scene,? how loft apartments became hot commodities for the middle class, and how investors, corporations, and rich elites profited from deindustrializing the city?s factory districts and turning them into trendy venues for art galleries, artisanal restaurants, and bars. However, this edition points out that the artists who led the trend are now priced out of the loft market. Even in New York, where the loft living market was born, artists have no legal claim on loft districts, nor do they get any preferential treatment in the harsh real estate market. From the story of SoHo in Lower Manhattan to SoWa in Boston and SoMa in San Francisco, Zukin explains how once-edgy districts are transformed into high-price neighborhoods, and how no city can restrain the juggernaut of rising property values. Review Text An impressive book. Zukin entered the tangled world of zoning law, development politics, and real estate markets, analyzed documents and conducted interviews until she understood that world and was able to make us understand it, and emerged with a persuasive analysis of what may be the fundamental model for urban change."" - American Journal of Sociology ""An important, substantive study in urban sociology and political economy...readable...style, free of academic cant."" - Choice ""A formidable book."" - New Statesman Review Quote "Zukin outlines the economic and political changes that influenced the abandonment of manufacturing in Manhattan and impacted the culture surrounding residential loft conversion." Description for Reader SHARON ZUKIN is professor of sociology at Brooklyn College and the City University of New York Graduate Center. Details ISBN0813570972 Author Sharon Zukin Pages 256 Publisher Rutgers University Press Year 2014 ISBN-10 0813570972 ISBN-13 9780813570976 Format Paperback Publication Date 2014-07-30 Short Title LOFT LIVING ANNIVERSARY EDITIO Edition Description Anniversary Edi Language English Edition 25th Media Book Residence NY, US Affiliation City University of New York DEWEY 307.336 Illustrations Yes Audience Age 18-22 Imprint Rutgers University Press Subtitle Culture and Capital in Urban Change Place of Publication New Brunswick, NJ Country of Publication United States Audience Professional and Scholarly UK Release Date 2014-07-30 AU Release Date 2014-09-12 NZ Release Date 2014-09-12 US Release Date 2014-09-12 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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