Left Bank of the Hudson
Subtitle: Jersey City and the Artists of 111 1st Street
Contributors: Gibson, D. W.
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Published: 2017
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 201
ISBN-13: 9780823278046; 9780823278053
Subjects: Lost architecture; Artists' studios; History; Gentrification; Economic conditions; Buildings, structures; Monuments disparus; Ateliers d'artiste; Histoire; Embourgeoisement (Urbanisme); ART; Contemporary (1945- ); HISTORY; State & Local; Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA); SOCIAL SCIENCE; Sociology; Urban; POLITICAL SCIENCE; Public Policy; City Planning & Urban Development; Buildings; Economic history
Description: "For nearly twenty years, a small, dedicated band of artists rented studio space at 111 1st Street, a former tobacco warehouse near the Hudson River waterfront in Jersey City, New Jersey. These artists eventually became engaged in a fight for their survival within the building and a city undergoing gentrification"--
Table of contents: title: Cover; Contents; Foreword; Introduction: Why Does 111 1st Street Matter?; 1 The Lorillard Legacy; 2 Crossing the Hudson; 3 The Spaces in Between; 4 Who Owns a Space?; 5 When a Dream Dies; 6 One Last Fight: Historic Preservation and 111 1st Street; 7 What Might Be Learned?; Conclusion: Some Years Later; Epilogue. The 111 1st Street Exodus: Where Are They Now?; Appendix: The Artists of 111 1st Street, Jersey City, New Jersey; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Color photographs.