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Book SynopsisTrade Review"An outstanding example of the new interdisciplinary direction in the study of urban communities, combining political economy, sociology, and history.
Loft Living is literate, evocative, [and] ambitious." * Contemporary Sociology *
1. "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."
* American Journal of Sociology *
"An important, substantive study in urban sociology and political economy...readable...style, free of academic cant." * Choice *
"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." -- Manuel Castells * author of The City and the Grassroots *
"A formidable book." * New Statesman *
"An engrossing, enlightening, and elegantly written book." * Theory and Society *
"The Last of the SoHo Pioneers," by Kim Velsey
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/18/realestate/soho-artist-loft-sale.html?action=clickmodule=Editors%20Pickspgtype=Homepage * New York Times *
"Zukin outlines the economic and political changes that influenced the abandonment of manufacturing in Manhattan and impacted the culture surrounding residential loft conversion." * Soho Broadway *
Table of ContentsUpdated Introduction
Loft Living Grows Up: From Artists’ Studio to Global Brand
Foreword by David Harvey
Preface: Reader, Beware!
1 Living Lofts as Terrain and Market
2 Investment and Politics
3 The Creation of a “Loft Lifestyle”
4 Art in the Arms of Power
5 From Arts Production to Housing Market
6 Demand and Development in the Loft Market
7 Speculation and the State
8 Capital Shifts and the Cultural Avant-Garde in Urban America
Postscript to the Paperback Edition: More Market Forces
