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From the Ground Up - Community Gardens in New York City and the Politics of Spatial Transformation (Paperback)
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From the Ground Up - Community Gardens in New York City and the Politics of Spatial Transformation (Paperback)
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Little-known, and hidden between skyscrapers and wide avenues, some
650 community gardens dot New York City. Set within one of the
densest and most expensive real estate markets, these gardens are
attended by some of the least advantaged residents of the city.
Urban residents use these spaces for horticulture, recreation,
social gatherings, and artistic and cultural events. They manage
the gardens collectively and with relative independence from
top-down control. Despite continuous threats from market forces the
gardens have been able to thrive as significant community spaces
since the 1970s. This book shows how, in the process of attempting
to protect these highly contested spaces, residents developed as
community leaders and urban activists. Taking an interdisciplinary
approach to follow the political development of urban residents,
the book examines how everyday spatial practices, social
interactions, the production of alternative urban space, and the
generation of new urban knowledge render community gardeners into
important social actors in the urban scene. The book argues that
with this process of production of space a new type of 'organic
resident' evolves. These urbanites constantly engage with their
urban environment, find ways to make the city more supportive for
their collective needs, and produce the city in their own image.
Community gardeners as organic residents claim their right to the
city, act to materialize their vision of the city, and utilize the
special potential of the locale to constitute themselves as
powerful social actors on the urban scene.
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