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The Urban Alley
| Author | : Rebecca Ann Summer |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2019 |
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This dissertation examines the role that alleys play in urban development. Based in Washington, D.C., it examines the impacts of historical transformations to the cultural, physical, and legal status of alleys from the 1950s to the present. It contends that understanding changes to alleys in the past is essential for critically evaluating the broad impact of alley transformations today. Chapter One focuses on the integral role that alleys played in the 1950s in urban renewal in the Southwest neighborhood, and in historic preservation in the Georgetown neighborhood. In both locations, the presence of alleys as historically racialized and classed spaces influenced federal and private investment for slum clearance, spurring processes of racial displacement. Chapter Two highlights the role of alleys in social, political, and economic reforms of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Emergent Black leaders in Washington, D.C.-from Youth Pride, Inc., the federal War on Rats, and the 1970 sanitation strike-centered their activities in the rat- and garbage-filled spaces of alleys, thereby making their impacts felt both citywide and in the intimate domestic realm of residents. Chapter Three demonstrates how the legal status of alleys as public land sparked intense debate in the 1970s over whether residents or real estate developers could claim these spaces. In neighborhoods like the West End and Dupont Circle, preserving low-rise housing or constructing high-rise buildings depended on the ability of residents and developers to navigate municipal bureaucracy and the intricacies of land-use laws regarding alleys. Chapter Four uses the insights from the historical chapters to make sense of present-day alley initiatives, at a time when Washington, D.C. is younger, whiter, and wealthier than it has ever been. City government, commercial investors, and residents are turning to D.C. alleys to meet a range of goals including affordable housing, green infrastructure, and economic development. As in the past, attention to the small scale of alleys reveals who has the ability to make claims to urban space and how they are leveraging this power to make decisions about the future of city neighborhoods.
Alley Life in Washington
| Author | : James Borchert |
| Publisher | : University of Illinois Press |
| Total Pages | : 356 |
| Release | : 2023-02-03 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 0252054903 |
Forgotten today, established Black communities once existed in the alleyways of Washington, D.C., even in neighborhoods as familiar as Capitol Hill and Foggy Bottom. James Borchert's study delves into the lives and folkways of the largely alley dwellers and how their communities changed from before the Civil War, to the late 1890s era when almost 20,000 people lived in alley houses, to the effects of reform and gentrification in the mid-twentieth century.
Urban Tails
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| Total Pages | : 128 |
| Release | : 2006 |
| Genre | : Pets |
| ISBN | : 9781577315605 |
Presents a photographic exploration of the world of urban feral cats and documents the efforts to neuter a colony living in the alley behind the author's home.
City Spaces
| Author | : Bob Thall |
| Publisher | : Center for Amer Places Incorporated |
| Total Pages | : 86 |
| Release | : 2002-01 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9781930066076 |
My history as a Chicagoan, my history as a photographer, the history of the city, and, in a small way, the history of photography - without any plan or anticipation, these photographs brought these histories together for me." City Spaces will be a welcome addition to those interested in fine art photography, architecture, Chicago, and the urban scene."--BOOK JACKET.
Hidden Alleyways of Washington, DC
| Author | : Kim Prothro Williams |
| Publisher | : Georgetown University Press |
| Total Pages | : 156 |
| Release | : 2023 |
| Genre | : Alleys |
| ISBN | : 1647123925 |
"Kim Prothro Williams explains the remarkable architectural and social history of Washington, DC's multifaceted alleyways. This richly illustrated book also provides an appealing visual record of the roles and evolution of alleyways in the city. Washington's alleys were never intended to be seen. They were deliberately hidden from public view to conceal the services and people behind the grand design envisioned by the capital's early planners. But more so than in most American cities, alleyways in DC have always been a fundamental part of the life and economy of the city. Many alleyways have contained a parallel world of neighborhoods, manufacturing, and bohemian spaces. DC alleys were created in the original Plan of the City to provide access to the rear of the large lots for stables, carriage houses, and other utility buildings. As the city grew and property values rose, land owners changed the purpose of some alleys by building and renting out alley dwellings. Other alleys began to serve commercial and industrial purposes. In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, inhabited alleys were mainly home to the city's poorest people, especially Black residents and recent immigrants. Unsanitary conditions spurred Progressive Era campaigns to demolish alley dwellings, but this began a new and complex era in the history of DC's alleys as reform efforts threatened to displace communities without offering them a place to go. Today, there are far fewer alleyways, as office and apartment blocks were built over many. This century has seen a transformation of many remaining alleyways into vibrant commercial and residential spaces that display stunning nineteenth century architecture. But this latest wave of gentrification has raised questions about how spaces that were once utilitarian or attainable for the poorest residents now cater to the wealthy. Hidden Alleyways of Washington, DC is a fascinating portrait of these important and varied architectural and social spaces in the life of the capital city"--
Off the Books
| Author | : Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh |
| Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
| Total Pages | : 460 |
| Release | : 2009-06-30 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 9780674044647 |
In this revelatory book, Sudhir Venkatesh takes us into Maquis Park, a poor black neighborhood on Chicago's Southside, to explore the desperate and remarkable ways in which a community survives. The result is a dramatic narrative of individuals at work, and a rich portrait of a community. But while excavating the efforts of men and women to generate a basic livelihood for themselves and their families, Off the Books offers a devastating critique of the entrenched poverty that we so often ignore in America, and reveals how the underground economy is an inevitable response to the ghetto's appalling isolation from the rest of the country.
The City Creative
| Author | : Michael H. Carriere |
| Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
| Total Pages | : 336 |
| Release | : 2021-04-18 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 022672722X |
Introduction : a brief history of the recent past -- The (near) death and life of postwar American cities : the roots of contemporary placemaking -- The roaring '90s -- Into the twenty-first century -- Growing place : toward a counterhistory of contemporary placemaking -- Producing place -- Creating place -- Conclusion : Placemaking is for people.
Shopkeeping
| Author | : Peter Miller |
| Publisher | : Chronicle Books |
| Total Pages | : 148 |
| Release | : 2024-05-07 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1797228773 |
A love letter to the small shop, and shop owners everywhere, by beloved bookseller Peter Miller. For more than four decades, Peter Miller has run a design bookshop that shares his name in Seattle. He has also written three of his own books, manuals about cooking and about food and about eating together. In Shopkeeping, Miller writes for the first time about his other love: shopkeeping. “There is a tradition of shopkeeping, a tradition of codes, etiquette, and customs. For the most part, it is an oral history, passed along, person to person. You learn to be a retailer—not by going to college, but by going to work. You learn from people who have learned how to run a shop.” [from the Introduction] Over ten chapters, Miller crafts stories from the bookshop floor with wry humor and skillful storytelling. Readers will laugh out loud as they come to understand along the way that small shops characterize our towns and cities, making them unique, special, and worth visiting and living near. An essay collection for book and bookshop lovers, small business owners, and Seattle natives, transplants, and visitors, Shopkeeping captures the art and heart of running a local shop cherished by the community that surrounds it.
Love Your Sister
| Author | : Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | : Hachette Australia |
| Total Pages | : 335 |
| Release | : 2014-10-28 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 0733633250 |
Shortlisted for the ABIA Award (Biography of the Year) 2015 A searingly honest memoir of family, cancer, love ... and unicycles by the founders of the Love your Sister charity, Connie and Samuel Johnson, that will inspire and they hope get people talking about boobs! Born a year apart, Connie and Samuel Johnson have always been close. Faced with the devastating news that they would soon be separated forever, they made a decision. After already surviving cancer twice in her young life, at 33 Connie was diagnosed with breast cancer. But this time it was a whole different ball game. This time she was told she will die, leaving behind her two sons. As a young mum faced with her own death, Connie wanted to make it all less meaningless, and she knew just the way to do it - send her brother, Sam, on a one-wheeled odyssey around Australia. The aims: to break the world record for the longest distance travelled on a unicycle. To raise $1 million for the Garvan Research Foundation. And, most importantly, to remind women to be breast aware and stop others having to say goodbye to those they love. Their message is simple: 'Don't fall into the booby trap.' Samuel has travelled through every state and ridden more than 150,000 kilometres to raise awareness and raise research dollars. But Connie had a secret fourth aim: to fix Samuel. And it worked. Sam cleared his diary, cleaned himself up and tenaciously kept his promise to his dying sister. For them the job isn't over. They are determined to raise more money for research. Connie vows to fight until her dying day and Sam says the fight will go on long after that. These two remarkable Australians share their tale, from childhood through to the finish line and beyond in this truly unique story. Part memoir, part travel diary, part conversation, Love your Sister is an inspiring and unforgettable story that shows just how far one man will go for his sister. The Johnsons' memoir is bracing and affecting. - Sunday Age, Sun Herald Part memoir, part diary, part conversation, this is an unforgettable story of how far a brother will go for his sister. - Brisbane News There are many joyous moments as brother and sister reflect, often wryly and honestly, on the power of their bond and the full catastrophe that is family life. - Sydney Morning Herald This book, like Connie and Samuel's lives, is much bigger than their experience of misfortune. - Canberra Times
