If You Lived Here : The City in Art, Theory, and Social Activism : A Project by Martha Rosler (Discussions in Contemporary Culture , No 6)

With contributions by: Christine Benglia Bevington Marie Annick Brown Andrew Byard Cenén The Chinatown History Project Clinton Coalition of Concern Rosalyn Deutsche Dan Graham and Robin Hurst Alexander Kluge The Mad Housers Tony Masso __The Nation__ Richard Plunz William Price Yvonne Rainer Mel Rosenthal Allan Sekula Camilo José Vergara Dan Wiley Discussions in Contemporary Culture is an award-winning series co-published with the Dia Center for the Arts in New York City. These volumes offer rich and timely discourses on a broad range of cultural issues and critical theory. 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Christine Benglia Bevington 454 St. Nicholas Avenue / Marie Annick Brown What is a kilowatt hour? : a Con Ed paper trail / Clinton Coalition of Concern "People who can't afford to live here should move someplace else" / Allan Sekula Historic Hiram Market : decade update / Tony Masso Tompkins Square Park, East Village, Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York / Martha Rosler Disjointed days / Andrew Byard. Our genetic cord / Cenén Essential shelter : the Mad Houser hut / The Mad Housers Unequal development : the two waterfronts / Dan Wiley The architecture of fear / William Price Rebuilding drug city / Camilo José Vergara The South Bronx of America / Mel Rosenthal Corporate atriums : urban arcadias / Dan Graham and Robin Hurst. "This volume documents the present crisis in American urban housing policies and portrays how artists...within the context of neighborhood organizations, have fought against government neglect, shortsighted housing policies and unfettered real estate speculation. Through essays, photographs, symposiums, architectural plans and the reproduction of works from the series of exhibitions organized by [Martha] Rosler, the book serves a number of functions: it's a practical manual for community organizing; a history of housing and homelessness in New York City and around the country; and an outline of what a human housing policy might encompass for the American city"--Back cover Documents the current crisis in urban housing policies and portrays how artists have fought against government neglect, shortsighted housing policies, and unfettered real estate speculation. [political][art][current events] A practical manual for community organizing, a history of housing and homelessness, and an outline of humane housing.