HARLEM ON THE VERGE

Author/Artist

Alice Attie (Author)

Publisher

Quantuck Lane Pr & the Mill rd

Year

2003

Condition

Hardcover, Cover, English

VERY GOOD (Caver has scuff but fair condition)

Size (cm)

29 x 26 x 2

About

These magnificent color portraits document both the people and the buildings of Harlem on the eve of great change. Gentrification and the influx of large chain stores are replacing small businesses, store fronts, memorials on walls, and other visual evidence of the complex range of cultural identities that residents had woven into the streets of their neighborhoods. With a sense of both dedication and desperation (to beat the developer's clock) Alice Attie has produced a beautiful record of a world rapidly being lost. 90 color photographs.