Since its initial publication, Loft Living 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.
Prescient and dramatic, Loft Living 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.
From 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.
1 有用 玥明 2014-12-05 22:22:41
这段时间做田野的时候跟各种人聊天,目前最大的感受竟然是真想把Zukin的这本书给翻译到国内来...
1 有用 dromobabel 2014-12-07 07:28:07
故事讲得很细,没有一点直观感受和对背景知识的熟悉(美国法律、房地产信贷制度,诸如此类),读起来可真是累。想起了《Downtown》。果然有人也想译成中文→_→
0 有用 xslx2005 2014-01-13 04:31:22
终于看了这本经典,还是在先看了naked city之后
0 有用 就是蛋白酶 2019-01-18 14:35:41
“拓宽了历史唯物主义的研究方法”
0 有用 urbanstalker 2018-07-26 08:57:01
zukin教授在80年代初就在提“艺术的生产方式”(Artistic Mode of Production)了,有资本积累和文化消费两个维度。当然20多年后上海等城市也搞起来了,人为地弄所谓的创意产业园,可惜没纽约这土壤,园里的门面现在很多都变成理发店 足浴 按摩店了(我稍微夸张了点)。
0 有用 就是蛋白酶 2019-01-18 14:35:41
“拓宽了历史唯物主义的研究方法”
0 有用 urbanstalker 2018-07-26 08:57:01
zukin教授在80年代初就在提“艺术的生产方式”(Artistic Mode of Production)了,有资本积累和文化消费两个维度。当然20多年后上海等城市也搞起来了,人为地弄所谓的创意产业园,可惜没纽约这土壤,园里的门面现在很多都变成理发店 足浴 按摩店了(我稍微夸张了点)。
0 有用 九瓦特 2015-12-26 09:27:58
引导本人学习urban study的入门书籍
1 有用 dromobabel 2014-12-07 07:28:07
故事讲得很细,没有一点直观感受和对背景知识的熟悉(美国法律、房地产信贷制度,诸如此类),读起来可真是累。想起了《Downtown》。果然有人也想译成中文→_→
1 有用 玥明 2014-12-05 22:22:41
这段时间做田野的时候跟各种人聊天,目前最大的感受竟然是真想把Zukin的这本书给翻译到国内来...