Counter Institution : Activist Estates of the Lower East Side /

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Counter Institution is a history of three re-purposed buildings in the Lower East Side--Peace Pentagon, ABC No Rio, and El Bohio--that have been used by activists as their headquarters to launch various actions over the past forty years.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bagchee, Nandini (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York, NY : Empire State Editions, an imprint of Fordham University Press, 2018.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Public spaces > New York (State) > New York > History.
Community centers > New York (State) > New York > History.
Espaces publics > New York (État) > New York > Histoire.
Centres communautaires > New York (État) > New York > Histoire.
ARCHITECTURE > Adaptive Reuse & Renovation.
ARCHITECTURE > Buildings > Landmarks & Monuments.
ARCHITECTURE > Professional Practice.
ARCHITECTURE > Reference.
Buildings.
Community centers.
Public spaces.
Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.) > Buildings, structures, etc.
New York (State) > New York.
New York (State) > New York > Lower East Side.
ABC No Rio.
Activism.
Architecture.
Artists.
Collective Spaces.
El Bohio.
Lower East Side.
New York City.
Peace Pentagon.
Politics.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; COUNTER INSTITUTION; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1. ACTIVIST ESTATES; 2. RADICAL PACIFISM AT THE PEACE PENTAGON (1969-2016); 3. THE COMMUNITARIAN ESTATES OF LOISAIDA (1967-2001); 4. THE COLLECTIVE MAKING OF ABC NO RIO (1980-2010); EPILOGUE: TAKING STOCK (2017); ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; NOTES; INDEX.

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