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Description:It is the story of a "holy water" spring buried beneath the foundation of the Jewish Daily Forward building on East Broadway, and of a six-month prison sentence from Essex Market Court for throwing snowballs. It is the story of cheap rents, knishes from Russ & Daughters, and children screaming at tour buses to "stop telling lies about them." It is the story of ethical wills, trilingual musical pageants for girls, progressive newspapers set in hot lead type trays, tent cities in Tompkins Square Park, Greek-speaking synagogues, free-association interviews with Allen Ginsberg, Katz's Deli, and blessed trees in the yards of housing projects. Above all, it is the story of a people—men and women, artists and workers, academics and criminals—who built a pocket universe within one of the world's greatest cities.It is the story of New York City's Lower East Side, once a largely Jewish neighborhood and now unrecognizable after years of slow urban gentrification. In this inaugural volume of Jews, a projected three-volume set, radical archivist Clayton Patterson and scholar Mareleyn Schneider trace the vanishing history of a people, collecting articles and essays that range from the rise and fall of a three million dollar luxury hotel on Chrystie Street to the appropriate length of skirts for sixth-grade yeshiva girls and changing tastes in kosher organ meats. Jews continues the vital work of Patterson's earlier Lower East Side histories, Captured and Resistance: the attempt to preserve memories rich enough to withstand the erasure of our urban history.Canadian-born Clayton Patterson is a photographer, artist, outlaw historian, and community activist. He lives and works on the Lower East Side of New York City. The film version of his book Captured was released in 2009 by Snag Films to wide acclaim.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Jews: A People's History of the Lower East Side. To get started finding Jews: A People's History of the Lower East Side, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: It is the story of a "holy water" spring buried beneath the foundation of the Jewish Daily Forward building on East Broadway, and of a six-month prison sentence from Essex Market Court for throwing snowballs. It is the story of cheap rents, knishes from Russ & Daughters, and children screaming at tour buses to "stop telling lies about them." It is the story of ethical wills, trilingual musical pageants for girls, progressive newspapers set in hot lead type trays, tent cities in Tompkins Square Park, Greek-speaking synagogues, free-association interviews with Allen Ginsberg, Katz's Deli, and blessed trees in the yards of housing projects. Above all, it is the story of a people—men and women, artists and workers, academics and criminals—who built a pocket universe within one of the world's greatest cities.It is the story of New York City's Lower East Side, once a largely Jewish neighborhood and now unrecognizable after years of slow urban gentrification. In this inaugural volume of Jews, a projected three-volume set, radical archivist Clayton Patterson and scholar Mareleyn Schneider trace the vanishing history of a people, collecting articles and essays that range from the rise and fall of a three million dollar luxury hotel on Chrystie Street to the appropriate length of skirts for sixth-grade yeshiva girls and changing tastes in kosher organ meats. Jews continues the vital work of Patterson's earlier Lower East Side histories, Captured and Resistance: the attempt to preserve memories rich enough to withstand the erasure of our urban history.Canadian-born Clayton Patterson is a photographer, artist, outlaw historian, and community activist. He lives and works on the Lower East Side of New York City. The film version of his book Captured was released in 2009 by Snag Films to wide acclaim.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Jews: A People's History of the Lower East Side. To get started finding Jews: A People's History of the Lower East Side, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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