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Alessandro Busà

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Description:“New York didn’t become a city for the 1% by accident, and this book is essential reading for understanding how it all happened.” –Jeremiah Moss, author of Vanishing New How a Great City Lost Its Soul“Busà's energetic scholarship digs under New York's recent branding as 'trendy' and 'green' to unearth the real effects of zoning changes on the city's neighborhoods. He illuminates the central role of land politics in making the city less affordable--and less authentically 'New York.' This is a passionate cry for the city's soul." - Sharon Zukin, author of Naked City and Loft Living "Talk of hyper-gentrification, skyrocketing real estate and the 'end of New York' comes bundled with despair and helplessness. What can I do about any of this? you might think hopelessly. A new book by Alessandro Busà may not make you feel better, but it will provide you with the tools you need to better understand the rules of the game and those in positions of power who move the pieces." - The Bowery Boys, authors of Adventures in Old New York "Busa's powerful new book confirms that a mayor elected to reverse Bloomberg's vision for an upscale New York City instead expanded it... Busa does not offer a happy story, but it is an honest one."- Randy Shaw, author of The Sex, Crime, and Resistance in the Heart of San Francisco"The book is thoroughly researched, but written with a storyteller's deftness. The Creative Destruction of New York is recommended for readers regardless of their interest in New York City, because it highlights how historic actions by both the public and private sector can affect minority and low-income communities."- The Englewood Review of Books "A noteworthy and much-needed addition to the geography of gentrification [...] The book enriches the interdisciplinary New York canon and contributes significantly to the late 20th-century/early 21st-century political and historical geography of the city while demonstrating its inexhaustible, and often alarming, possibilities."- Urban Studies“A superb account of the frenzied state of what can best be described as ‘hyper-gentrification’ in New York City. The book balances academic rigour with storytelling—the result a rich, readable and energizing book that makes its arguments persuasively.”—Loretta Lees, co-author of Gentrification and Planetary Gentrification“Alessandro Busà shows how massive changes in New York’s built environment result in the same dismal outcomes for the less advantaged.This is an essential read for anyone concerned with how great cities are becoming increasingly exclusionary even while fostering creativity.”—Susan S. Fainstein, Senior Research Fellow, Harvard Graduate School of Design“A searching look at how New York changed from a place of affordable (if tiny) walk-ups to a playground for the ultrawealthy.” –Kirkus Review “Alessandro Busà combines his rich personal encounters with daily life in New York City’s neighborhoods with meticulous research and deep historical analysis. This is an engaging tale of the ways that capital and its growth machine, driven by real estate and finance, have shaped the city, resulting in a continual cycle of creative destruction that has consequences obscured by the city’s branded image.”—Tom Angotti, Professor Emeritus, Hunter College,author of New York for Sale"Blisteringly relevant"- Joel Lobenthal, author of Radical Fashions of the Sixties "The book is less focused on the symbolism of luxury skyscrapers than it is on the political mechanics that reinforce and exacerbate conditions in what is already one of the world's most unequal cities. It's a useful guide for understanding the relationships between the "alphabet soup" of quasi-public agencies, the revolving door of political appointments and the "FIRE" (finance, insurance and real estate) sector, and the imperatives of "branding" the city for elite newcomers."- Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat "Essential to understanding New York politics in the early twenty-first century."- Dissent MagazineThe Creative Destruction of New York City tells the story of fifteen years of shocking urban changes in New York City under the administrations of Bloomberg and de Blasio, and identifies the urban regime of city producers who are rebuilding cities like New York for a brand new global class of super-wealthy city consumers.Bill de Blasio's campaign rhetoric centered on a tale of two rich and poor New York. He promised to value the needs of poor and working-class New Yorkers alongside the elite, making government work better for all denizens of New York, not just those-the elite-who thrived during Bloomberg's tenure as mayor. But well into de Blasio's administration, many critics see the city finding myriad new ways to c...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Creative Destruction of New York City: Engineering the City for the Elite. To get started finding The Creative Destruction of New York City: Engineering the City for the Elite, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 360

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ISBN: 0190610093

Description: “New York didn’t become a city for the 1% by accident, and this book is essential reading for understanding how it all happened.” –Jeremiah Moss, author of Vanishing New How a Great City Lost Its Soul“Busà's energetic scholarship digs under New York's recent branding as 'trendy' and 'green' to unearth the real effects of zoning changes on the city's neighborhoods. He illuminates the central role of land politics in making the city less affordable--and less authentically 'New York.' This is a passionate cry for the city's soul." - Sharon Zukin, author of Naked City and Loft Living "Talk of hyper-gentrification, skyrocketing real estate and the 'end of New York' comes bundled with despair and helplessness. What can I do about any of this? you might think hopelessly. A new book by Alessandro Busà may not make you feel better, but it will provide you with the tools you need to better understand the rules of the game and those in positions of power who move the pieces." - The Bowery Boys, authors of Adventures in Old New York "Busa's powerful new book confirms that a mayor elected to reverse Bloomberg's vision for an upscale New York City instead expanded it... Busa does not offer a happy story, but it is an honest one."- Randy Shaw, author of The Sex, Crime, and Resistance in the Heart of San Francisco"The book is thoroughly researched, but written with a storyteller's deftness. The Creative Destruction of New York is recommended for readers regardless of their interest in New York City, because it highlights how historic actions by both the public and private sector can affect minority and low-income communities."- The Englewood Review of Books "A noteworthy and much-needed addition to the geography of gentrification [...] The book enriches the interdisciplinary New York canon and contributes significantly to the late 20th-century/early 21st-century political and historical geography of the city while demonstrating its inexhaustible, and often alarming, possibilities."- Urban Studies“A superb account of the frenzied state of what can best be described as ‘hyper-gentrification’ in New York City. The book balances academic rigour with storytelling—the result a rich, readable and energizing book that makes its arguments persuasively.”—Loretta Lees, co-author of Gentrification and Planetary Gentrification“Alessandro Busà shows how massive changes in New York’s built environment result in the same dismal outcomes for the less advantaged.This is an essential read for anyone concerned with how great cities are becoming increasingly exclusionary even while fostering creativity.”—Susan S. Fainstein, Senior Research Fellow, Harvard Graduate School of Design“A searching look at how New York changed from a place of affordable (if tiny) walk-ups to a playground for the ultrawealthy.” –Kirkus Review “Alessandro Busà combines his rich personal encounters with daily life in New York City’s neighborhoods with meticulous research and deep historical analysis. This is an engaging tale of the ways that capital and its growth machine, driven by real estate and finance, have shaped the city, resulting in a continual cycle of creative destruction that has consequences obscured by the city’s branded image.”—Tom Angotti, Professor Emeritus, Hunter College,author of New York for Sale"Blisteringly relevant"- Joel Lobenthal, author of Radical Fashions of the Sixties "The book is less focused on the symbolism of luxury skyscrapers than it is on the political mechanics that reinforce and exacerbate conditions in what is already one of the world's most unequal cities. It's a useful guide for understanding the relationships between the "alphabet soup" of quasi-public agencies, the revolving door of political appointments and the "FIRE" (finance, insurance and real estate) sector, and the imperatives of "branding" the city for elite newcomers."- Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat "Essential to understanding New York politics in the early twenty-first century."- Dissent MagazineThe Creative Destruction of New York City tells the story of fifteen years of shocking urban changes in New York City under the administrations of Bloomberg and de Blasio, and identifies the urban regime of city producers who are rebuilding cities like New York for a brand new global class of super-wealthy city consumers.Bill de Blasio's campaign rhetoric centered on a tale of two rich and poor New York. He promised to value the needs of poor and working-class New Yorkers alongside the elite, making government work better for all denizens of New York, not just those-the elite-who thrived during Bloomberg's tenure as mayor. But well into de Blasio's administration, many critics see the city finding myriad new ways to c...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Creative Destruction of New York City: Engineering the City for the Elite. To get started finding The Creative Destruction of New York City: Engineering the City for the Elite, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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