ISBN: 9780231139328

South Street is Barbara G. Mensch's evocative tribute to the lost world of Lower Manhattan's Fulton Fish Market. For more than a century, a colorful, tightly knit community of fishmongers… Altro …

South Street is Barbara G. Mensch's evocative tribute to the lost world of Lower Manhattan's Fulton Fish Market. For more than a century, a colorful, tightly knit community of fishmongers, many of them recent immigrants and children of immigrants, thrived under the base of the Brooklyn Bridge. Resistant to government regulations and corporate encroachment, these men lived in a closed, internally policed world that was deeply hostile to outsiders. As a young photographer in the early 1980s, Barbara Mensch bonded with this particular group of 'authentic New Yorkers,' becoming a confidante for their life stories, which were often filled with hardship, mystery, and misadventures. These striking photographs capture the unique personality and fierce secrecy of their vibrant working-class culture. Combined with lively commentary& —reminiscent of Studs Terkel's riveting oral histories& —the images offer a rare peek inside a society described by Philip Lopate as 'a precious last vestige of historic Gotham.' Mensch's story ends with the closure of the docks and the opening of the Seaport mall, a symbolic victory of corporate interests over more than a century of mob rule. Her visual essay recounts the driving forces and the effects of this urban transformation on the entrenched community of fishmongers, creating an enduring historical document. Though the Fulton Fish Market no longer resides below the Brooklyn Bridge, the history and energy of this cherished New York City landmark are beautifully preserved in this book. Bücher > Fremdsprachige Bücher > Englische Bücher > Reise & Abenteuer 257 x 232 x 22 mm , Columbia University Press, Barbara Mensch, Columbia University Press, a Me<

2007, ISBN: 9780231139328

Columbia University Press, Hardcover, Auflage: Illustrated, 240 Seiten, Publiziert: 2007-04-20T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, 0.89 kg, Verkaufsrang: 2739308, Travel, Photography & Video,… Altro …

Columbia University Press, Hardcover, Auflage: Illustrated, 240 Seiten, Publiziert: 2007-04-20T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, 0.89 kg, Verkaufsrang: 2739308, Travel, Photography & Video, Arts & Photography, Subjects, Books, Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions, Photo Essays, Photojournalism & Essays, Individual Artists, United States, Historical, Biography, Social & Urban History, Anthropology & Sociology, Medical, Legal & Social Sciences, Mafia & Organised Crime, True Crime, Americas, Family & Social Groups, Politics, Philosophy & Social Sciences, Format: Illustrated, Columbia University Press, 2007<