Hollow City: The Siege of San Francisco and the Crisis of American UrbanismWriter-historian Rebecca Solnit and photographer Susan Schwartzenberg survey San Francisco's transformation skyrocketing rents that are driving out artists, activists, nonprofit organizations and the poor; the homogenization of the city's architecture, industries and population; the decay of its public life; and the erasure of its sites of civic memory. |
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References to this book
Unsettling the City: Urban Land and the Politics of Property Nicholas K. Blomley No preview available - 2004 |
Hispanic Spaces, Latino Places: Community and Cultural Diversity in ... Daniel Arreola Limited preview - 2004 |