{"product_id":"loft-living-culture-and-capital-in-urban-change-paperback-softback-9780813570976","title":"Loft Living; Culture and Capital in Urban Change (Paperback \/ softback) 9780813570976","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLoft Living\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCulture and Capital in Urban Change\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSharon Zukin (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813570976\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 12 September 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e264 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.8 cm, 0.313 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"An outstanding example of the new interdisciplinary direction in the study of urban communities, combining political economy, sociology, and history. \u003ci\u003eLoft Living\u003c\/i\u003e is literate, evocative, [and] ambitious.\"\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e (Contemporary Sociology) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.   \"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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (American Journal of Sociology) \u003cdiv\u003e\"An important, substantive study in urban sociology and political economy...readable...style, free of academic cant.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Choice) \u003cdiv\u003e\"One of the most insightful analyses yet to be published on the recent processes of transformation of American cities...a most interesting exploration of the social roots of urban vitality as well as the new forms of spatial inequality.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Manuel Castells (author of The City and the Grassroots) \u003cdiv\u003e\"A formidable book.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (New Statesman) \u003cdiv\u003e\"An engrossing, enlightening, and elegantly written book.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Theory and Society) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/09\/18\/realestate\/soho-artist-loft-sale.html?action=clickmodule=Editors%20Pickspgtype=Homepage\"'\u003e\"The Last of the SoHo Pioneers,\" by Kim Velsey\u003cbr\u003e https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/09\/18\/realestate\/soho-artist-loft-sale.html?action=clickmodule=Editors%20Pickspgtype=Homepage\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (New York Times) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Zukin outlines the economic and political changes that influenced the abandonment of manufacturing in Manhattan and impacted the culture surrounding residential loft conversion.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Soho Broadway)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eSince its initial publication, \u003ci\u003eLoft Living\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePrescient and dramatic, \u003ci\u003eLoft Living\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eFrom 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.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUpdated Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLoft Living Grows Up: From Artists’ Studio to Global Brand\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eForeword by David Harvey\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePreface: Reader, Beware!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1          Living Lofts as Terrain and Market\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2          Investment and Politics\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3          The Creation of a “Loft Lifestyle”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4          Art in the Arms of Power\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5          From Arts Production to Housing Market\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6          Demand and Development in the Loft Market\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7          Speculation and the State\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8          Capital Shifts and the Cultural Avant-Garde in Urban America\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePostscript to the Paperback Edition: More Market Forces\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52676745691416,"sku":"9780813570976","price":27.88,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/loft-living-culture-and-capital-in-urban-change-paperback-softback-9780813570976","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}