The Beach Beneath the Streets: Contesting New York City's Public Spaces by Benjamin Shepard & Greg Smithsimon

Author:Benjamin Shepard & Greg Smithsimon [Shepard, Benjamin & Smithsimon, Greg]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Architecture, Public Policy, City Planning & Urban Development, Urban & Land Use Planning, Social Science, Political Science, Urban, Sociology
ISBN: 9781438436197
Google: hzv4Kg9gpDYC
Goodreads: 10325404
Publisher: Excelsior Editions/State University of New York Press
Published: 2011-06-03T00:00:00+00:00

Despite these barriers, the need for public space to connect with like-minded people remained. “The pier is a sentimental place to me,” explained Kenyon Farrow, the executive director of Queers for Racial and Economic Justice, who was an organizer with FIERCE. “When I first moved to New York, it was one of the first places I was introduced to as queer space. I remember the first day that I came down three years ago when the fences went up. It was really depressing.”

Fences, Barriers, and Lost Networks

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.