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Whatever it takes
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Paul Tough |
An intriguing portrait of African-American activist Geoffrey Canada, creator of the Harlem Children's Zone, describes his radical new approach to eliminating inner-city poverty, one that proposes to … |
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September 12
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Gregory Smithsimon |
Until September 11, Battery Park City had been a secluded, wealthy enclave just west of Wall Street in downtown Manhattan, one with all the opulence of the surrounding corporate headquarters yet with… |
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Fear city
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Kim Phillips-Fein |
"An epic and riveting history of New York City on the edge of disaster--and an anatomy of the politics of austerity that continues to shape the world today. When the news broke in 1975 that New York … |
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Making rent in Bed-Stuy
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Brandon Harris |
Humorous memoir by a young filmmaker about his experience living in the historically black neighborhood, Bedford Stuyvesant, while it undergoes 'the serious, life-threatening process' of gentrificati… |
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740 Park
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Michael Gross |
For seventy-five years, it's been Manhattan's richest apartment building, and one of the most lusted-after addresses in the world. One apartment had 37 rooms, 14 bathrooms, 43 closets, 11 working fir… |
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The Sky's the Limit
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Steven Gaines |
From the author of the bestselling Philistines at the Hedgerow, a mesmerizing inside account of the high-stakes world of Manhattan residential real estate Steven Gaines takes us from New York's most … |
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The Global City
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Saskia Sassen |
This classic work chronicles how New York, London, and Tokyo became command centers for the global economy and in the process underwent a series of massive and parallel changes. What distinguishes Sa… |
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