Search Results

The Unreal Estate Guide to Detroit

Download or Read eBook The Unreal Estate Guide to Detroit PDF written by Andrew Herscher and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2012-11-14 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Unreal Estate Guide to Detroit
Author :
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Total Pages : 317
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780472035212
ISBN-13 : 0472035215
Rating : 4/5 (12 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Unreal Estate Guide to Detroit by : Andrew Herscher

Book excerpt: Intense attention has been paid to Detroit as a site of urban crisis. This crisis, however, has not only yielded the massive devaluation of real estate that has so often been noted; it has also yielded an explosive production of seemingly valueless urban property that has facilitated the imagination and practice of alternative urbanisms. The first sustained study of Detroit’s alternative urban cultures, The Unreal Estate Guide to Detroit initiates a new focus on Detroit as a site not only of urban crisis but also of urban possibility. The Guide documents art and curatorial practices, community and guerilla gardens, urban farming and forestry, cultural platforms, living archives, evangelical missions, temporary public spaces, intentional communities, furtive monuments, outsider architecture, and other work made possible by the ready availability of urban space in Detroit. The Guide poses these spaces as “unreal estate”: urban territory that has slipped through the free- market economy and entered other regimes of value, other contexts of meaning, and other systems of use. The appropriation of this territory in Detroit, the Guide suggests, offers new perspectives on what a city is and can be, especially in a time of urban crisis.


The Unreal Estate Guide to Detroit Related Books

The Unreal Estate Guide to Detroit
Language: en
Pages: 317
Authors: Andrew Herscher
Categories: Architecture
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-11-14 - Publisher: University of Michigan Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Intense attention has been paid to Detroit as a site of urban crisis. This crisis, however, has not only yielded the massive devaluation of real estate that has
Latitude of the Detroit Observatory, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Language: en
Pages: 64
Authors: Ludovic Estes
Categories:
Type: BOOK - Published: 1888 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Five-Star Trails: Ann Arbor and Detroit
Language: en
Pages: 252
Authors: Greg Tasker
Categories: Travel
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-07-19 - Publisher: Menasha Ridge Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Each hike features an individual trail map, elevation profile, and at-a-glance information, helping readers quickly find the perfect trip. Sized to fit in a poc
Rand Mcnally 2008 Detroit & Ann Arbor Street Guide
Language: en
Pages:
Authors: Rand McNally
Categories: Travel
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-09-24 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Explorer's Guide Detroit & Ann Arbor: A Great Destination
Language: en
Pages: 259
Authors: Jeff Counts
Categories: Travel
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-09-20 - Publisher: The Countryman Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A comprehensive explorer's guide to Detroit and Ann Arbor, Michigan, with maps and information on hotels and restaurants, shopping and entertainment, and other
Scroll to top