City by city : dispatches from the American metropolis /
City by city : dispatches from the American metropolis /
edited by Keith Gessen, Stephen Squibb.
- 1st Edition.
- vii, 483 pages ; 21 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Welcome to San Diego / Los Angeles plays itself / Modern Fresno / Bankrupt in Seattle / Gold rush Whittier / The office and the city / The making of local Boise / My Las Vegas / Phoenix rising / Crossing El Paso / Upstream in Williston / Lessons of the Arkansas / Dallas and the Park Cities / The kindness of strangers in New Orleans / M., northern Kentucky / Six houses in Hyde Park / Milwaukee's gilded age and aftermath / Saving Detroit / The Cleveland model / Neighborhoods of Cincinnati / Five jobs in Reading / Late show Philadelphia, 1952 / The highway and the city / Atlanta's BeltLine meets the voters / Dire straits / Fear and aggression in Palm Coast / Miami party boom / Lehigh Acres, designated place / Disappearing in Duluth / Whit Oak denim, Greensboro / Washington, D.C., brothel / Christmas in Baltimore / Philly school reform / Bed-Stuy / Providence, you're looking good / Boston buys resistance / DestiNY Syracuse, USA / Keith Gessen and Stephen Squibb -- Jordan Kisner -- Dayna Tortorici -- Michael Thomsen -- Jenny Hendrix -- Erin Sheehy -- Nikil Saval -- Ryann Liebenthal -- Katy Lederer -- Emily Gogolak -- Debbie Nathan -- Nicky Tiso -- Ben Merriman -- Annie Julia Wyman -- Moira Donegan -- Gary Percesepe -- Sam Biederman -- Greg Afinogenov -- Simone Landon -- interview with Gar Alperovitz -- James Pogue -- Chris Reitz -- Chanelle Benz -- Dan Albert -- Alex Sayf Cummings -- Michelle Tea -- Elias Rodriques -- Emily Witt -- Spencer Fleury -- Shawn Wen -- Aaron Lake Smith -- Michael Merriam -- Lawrence Jackson -- Jesse Montgomery -- Brandon Harris -- Ian MacDougall -- interview with Steve Meacham -- Steve Featherstone.
"A collection of essays--historical and personal--about the present and future of American cities Edited by Keith Gessen and Stephen Squibb, City by City is a collection of essays--historical, personal, and somewhere in between--about the present and future of American cities. It sweeps from Gold Rush, Alaska, to Miami, Florida, encompassing cities large and small, growing and failing. These essays look closely at the forces--gentrification, underemployment, politics, culture, and crime--that shape urban life. They also tell the stories of citizens whose fortunes have risen or fallen with those of the cities they call home. A cross between Hunter S. Thompson, Studs Terkel, and the Great Depression-era WPA guides to each state in the Union, City by City carries this project of American storytelling up to the days of our own Great Recession"-- "A collection of essays--historical and personal--about the present and future of American cities"--
9780865478312 (paperback) 0865478317 (paperback)
40025023777
2014041300
Cities and towns--History.--United States
HT 123 / .C4976 2015
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Welcome to San Diego / Los Angeles plays itself / Modern Fresno / Bankrupt in Seattle / Gold rush Whittier / The office and the city / The making of local Boise / My Las Vegas / Phoenix rising / Crossing El Paso / Upstream in Williston / Lessons of the Arkansas / Dallas and the Park Cities / The kindness of strangers in New Orleans / M., northern Kentucky / Six houses in Hyde Park / Milwaukee's gilded age and aftermath / Saving Detroit / The Cleveland model / Neighborhoods of Cincinnati / Five jobs in Reading / Late show Philadelphia, 1952 / The highway and the city / Atlanta's BeltLine meets the voters / Dire straits / Fear and aggression in Palm Coast / Miami party boom / Lehigh Acres, designated place / Disappearing in Duluth / Whit Oak denim, Greensboro / Washington, D.C., brothel / Christmas in Baltimore / Philly school reform / Bed-Stuy / Providence, you're looking good / Boston buys resistance / DestiNY Syracuse, USA / Keith Gessen and Stephen Squibb -- Jordan Kisner -- Dayna Tortorici -- Michael Thomsen -- Jenny Hendrix -- Erin Sheehy -- Nikil Saval -- Ryann Liebenthal -- Katy Lederer -- Emily Gogolak -- Debbie Nathan -- Nicky Tiso -- Ben Merriman -- Annie Julia Wyman -- Moira Donegan -- Gary Percesepe -- Sam Biederman -- Greg Afinogenov -- Simone Landon -- interview with Gar Alperovitz -- James Pogue -- Chris Reitz -- Chanelle Benz -- Dan Albert -- Alex Sayf Cummings -- Michelle Tea -- Elias Rodriques -- Emily Witt -- Spencer Fleury -- Shawn Wen -- Aaron Lake Smith -- Michael Merriam -- Lawrence Jackson -- Jesse Montgomery -- Brandon Harris -- Ian MacDougall -- interview with Steve Meacham -- Steve Featherstone.
"A collection of essays--historical and personal--about the present and future of American cities Edited by Keith Gessen and Stephen Squibb, City by City is a collection of essays--historical, personal, and somewhere in between--about the present and future of American cities. It sweeps from Gold Rush, Alaska, to Miami, Florida, encompassing cities large and small, growing and failing. These essays look closely at the forces--gentrification, underemployment, politics, culture, and crime--that shape urban life. They also tell the stories of citizens whose fortunes have risen or fallen with those of the cities they call home. A cross between Hunter S. Thompson, Studs Terkel, and the Great Depression-era WPA guides to each state in the Union, City by City carries this project of American storytelling up to the days of our own Great Recession"-- "A collection of essays--historical and personal--about the present and future of American cities"--
9780865478312 (paperback) 0865478317 (paperback)
40025023777
2014041300
Cities and towns--History.--United States
HT 123 / .C4976 2015