Bridge Project 4: Introduction to Research

Five Research Questions for the East Village:

  1. Why are there so many self-owned restaurants in the east village?
  2. Why the east village makes me feel safe?
  3. Why do young people who do not live in the east village come here a lot?
  4. Why are there so many bars in the east village?
  5. Why aren’t there a lot of chain stores in the east village?

Research Reading List:

  1. Abu-Lughod, Janet L. From urban village to east village: the battle for New Yorks Lower East Side. Oxford, UK: Blackwell, 1995.
  2. Ai, Weiwei, Stephanie H. Tung, Rongrong, and Inri. Ai Weiwei: New York 1983-1993. China: Three Shadows Press, 2010.
  3. Cameron, Dan, Liza Kirwin, and Alan W. Moore. East Village USA. New York: New Museum of Contemporary Art, 2005.
  4. “East Village Activists Fight For Mom & Pop Stores As Box Chain Stores Plan To Move In.” Agorafy Newsroom. June 08, 2017. Accessed November 03, 2017. https://newsroom.agorafy.com/east-village-chain-stores/.
  5. “Formula Retail Restrictions.” East Village Community Coalition. Accessed November 03, 2017. http://evccnyc.org/campaigns/zoning/formula-retail/.
  6. Hager, Steven. Art after midnight: the East Village scene. New York: St. Martins Press, 1986.
  7. Kolm, Ron, East Village eye. New York: East Village Eye, Inc, 1979-1986.
  8. Local, The, Daniel Maurer, and Natalie Rinn. CHAIN STORES – The Local East Village Blog – NYTimes.com. Accessed November 03, 2017. http://localeastvillage.com/tag/chain-stores/.
  9. Ocejo, Richard E. Upscaling Downtown: From Bowery Saloons to Cocktail Bars in New York City. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2014.
  10. “Point2 Homes.” Demographics & Statistics – Employment, Education, Income Averages, Crime in East Village – Point2 Homes. Accessed November 03, 2017. https://www.point2homes.com/US/Neighborhood/NY/Manhattan/East-Village-Demographics.html.
  11. “REPORT: Preserving Local, Independent Retail.” East Village Community Coalition. Accessed November 03, 2017. http://evccnyc.org/2015/06/preserving-local-independent-retail/.
  12. Rosler, Martha, and Brian Wallis. If you lived here: the city in art, theory, and social activism. New York: New Press, 1999.
  13. Sakamaki, Q. Tompkins Square Park. Brooklyn, NY: Power House Books, 2008.
  14. the Vanishing City (documentary)
  15. Vázquez, Charlie. The best of PANIC: en vivo from the East Village. New York?: Fireking Press, 2010.

Leave a reply

Skip to toolbar