Selling the Lower East Side: Culture, Real Estate, and Resistance in New York City

by Christopher Mele

Book Overview

Tracks the shifting views of the Lower East Side from ghetto to desirable urban niche.

The Lower East Side of Manhattan is rich in stories-of poor immigrants who flocked there in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; of beatniks, hippies, and artists who peopled it mid-century; and of the real estate developers and politicians who have always shaped what is now termed the "East Village." Today, the musical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816631824
• ISBN13: 9780816631827
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A Thrilling Commentary

I reccomend this book for anyone; New Yorker or not, who is interested in the current trends in this economy, including the selling of our nation's great art and humanity to pave the way for malls. A thrilling story with wonderful research, not to mention well-written by an intelligent person who I admire most for telling the truth.Peace Be With You, Brett Somers