The politics of race and class and the changing spatial fortunes of the mccarren pool in brooklyn, New York, 1936-2010

Space and Culture

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 104-122

  Chronopoulos, Themis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brooklyn; Greenpoint; historic preservation; McCarren Pool; multi use alternative space; place making; race; Williamsburg

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876536056     PISSN: 12063312     EISSN: 15528308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1206331212452364     Document Type: Article

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