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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779399503321

Autore

Shepard Benjamin Heim

Titolo

The beach beneath the streets [[electronic resource] ] : contesting New York City's public spaces / / Benjamin Shepard and Greg Smithsimon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, N.Y., : Excelsior Editions/State University of New York Press, c2011

ISBN

1-4384-3621-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (258 p.)

Collana

Excelsior Editions

Altri autori (Persone)

SmithsimonGregory

Disciplina

307.1/21609747

Soggetti

City planning - New York (State) - New York

Public spaces - New York (State) - New York

Plazas - New York (State) - New York

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""The Beach Beneath the Streets""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Part 1. REPRESSION""; ""Introduction: Control, Exclusion, and Play in Today�s Future City""; ""1. Seeing Space Through Exclusion and Control""; ""2. Dispersing the Crowd: Bonus Plazas and the Creation of Public Space""; ""3. The City as Seen from the Plaza: Changing Regimes of Private Control""; ""Part 2. RESISTANCE""; ""Introductory Notes to Part 2""; ""4. Fences and Piers: An Investigation of a Disappearing Queer Community Space""

""5. “If We Can�t Dance It�s Not Our Revolution�: Reclaiming the Streets and Creating Autonomous Space""""6. Gardens, Streets, and Convivial Places: The Struggle for a Ludic Counterpublic""; ""7. From Contested to Popular Space: NewYork�s Bike Lane Liberation Clowns""; ""8. Conclusion: This Land IsYour Land?""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""m""; ""N""; ""O""; ""p""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""