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    Harlem : the unmaking of a ghetto / Camilo José Vergara ; foreword by Timothy J. Gilfoyle.

    By: Vergara, Camilo J [author,, photographer.]Contributor(s): Gilfoyle, Timothy J [writer of added commentary.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Historical studies of urban America: Publisher: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2013Description: 364 pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 30 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780226853369; 0226853365Subject(s): Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Pictorial works | Urban renewal -- New York (State) -- New York -- Pictorial works | Street photography -- New York (State) -- New York | Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Buildings, structures, etc | Urban renewal -- New York (State) -- New York | Stadtsanierung | Streetphotography | New York- Harlem | Buildings | Street photography | Urban renewal | New York (State) -- New York | New York (State) -- New York -- HarlemGenre/Form: Pictorial works.DDC classification: 974.7/1 LOC classification: F128.68.H3 | V47 2013
    Contents:
    Introduction -- Street photography of Harlem, early 1970s -- Since 1977, exploring Harlem through time-lapse photography -- The urban fabric -- Many Harlems, one cultural capital of black America -- Lost Harlem -- Globalization takes over: from sugar club to global church -- Ruins and semi-ruins -- Landmark Harlem and Harlem landmarks -- Memorialization -- "Simply magnificent": the new apartment buildings of Harlem -- The projects: unlikely bastions preserving traditions -- The subway -- Defenses -- Culture -- Harlem walls: graffiti, memorials, murals, and advertisements -- Religion -- Parades, celebrations, and commemorations -- "We put our own spin on style": Harlem fashions -- The African presence in Harlem -- Tourists in search of Harlem's heyday -- A defiant attitude -- Lexington Avenue at East 125th street: a happening intersection -- Free food -- What mean these stones? -- Afterword -- In Harlem wandering from street to street.
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    Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-364).

    Introduction -- Street photography of Harlem, early 1970s -- Since 1977, exploring Harlem through time-lapse photography -- The urban fabric -- Many Harlems, one cultural capital of black America -- Lost Harlem -- Globalization takes over: from sugar club to global church -- Ruins and semi-ruins -- Landmark Harlem and Harlem landmarks -- Memorialization -- "Simply magnificent": the new apartment buildings of Harlem -- The projects: unlikely bastions preserving traditions -- The subway -- Defenses -- Culture -- Harlem walls: graffiti, memorials, murals, and advertisements -- Religion -- Parades, celebrations, and commemorations -- "We put our own spin on style": Harlem fashions -- The African presence in Harlem -- Tourists in search of Harlem's heyday -- A defiant attitude -- Lexington Avenue at East 125th street: a happening intersection -- Free food -- What mean these stones? -- Afterword -- In Harlem wandering from street to street.

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