Left Bank of the Hudson - Jersey City and the Artists of 111 1st Street

Informationen zum Autor David J. Goodwin is a historian and was a Frederick Lewis Allen Room scholar at the New York Public Library from 2020 to 2023. He is a past commissioner and chairperson of the Jersey City Historic Preservation Commission and a former Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy board member. His first book, Left Bank of the Hudson: Jersey City and the Artists of 111 1st Street , received the J. Owen Grundy History Award in 2018. He blogs about cities, culture, and history at davidjgoodwin.com. Klappentext David J. Goodwin is an urban historian and historic preservation advocate and currently a librarian at Fordham University where he received his MA in Urban Studies. A resident of Jersey City, Goodwin has served as a member and chairman of the Jersey City Historic Preservation Commission and he is a current board member of the Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy. Zusammenfassung "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"--

Product details

• Authors: David J Goodwin, David J. Goodwin, David J./ Gibson Goodwin
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2017
• EAN: 9780823278039
• ISBN: 978-0-8232-7803-9
• No. of pages: 176
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Amerikanische Geschichte, Stadt- und Gemeindeplanung, USA Nordosten, Mid-Atlantic States, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, History - U.S., HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA), ART / History / Contemporary (1945-)