"Open to the People for Their Free Assembly": Tompkins Square Park, 1850-1880: Co-Winner of the 2010 JSH Student Essay Competition

Shine, Jacqueline

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“…The historical contentious background of the LES was thus transformed in a seductive brand. In fact, since the mid-1800s, the LES and particularly Tompkins Square Park has been one of the main epicenters of social conflict in NYC (Shine, 2011). This was also the setting of one of the first anti-gentrification struggles ever, taking place on the night of 6 August 1988, when many protestors occupied the park in response to its announced curfew, aimed at ‘cleaning’ the area (Smith, 1996).…”

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Contentious buildings: The struggle against eviction in NYC’s Lower East Side

Accornero

2021

Current Sociology

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The article focuses on the mobilization carried out by tenants living in a rent-stabilized building in NYC’s Lower East Side. Their action was a central part of a large and successful struggle against the landlord, blocking his continuous attempts at eviction. The main research question is: what are the reasons of the success of this action? In other words: what has tipped the balance in favor of the tenants in a conflict in which the landlord clearly had stronger economic, political and power resources? The article argues that this success was highly based on the intersection of three main elements: the specific resources of the tenants, the organizational resources of the territory and the institutional and legal configurations. Moreover, the study considers these three levels closely interconnected and mutually influencing each other. Based on the direct observation of the mobilization, on semi-structured interviews and on biographical sources, the article aims to contribute to the understanding of the multifaceted dimensions of the fight against evictions. The article also aims to contribute, theoretically and methodologically, to a relational and interactionist approach both for the study of social movements and of gentrification and to strength the dialogue between the two fields.

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Contentious buildings: The struggle against eviction in NYC’s Lower East Side

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2021

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Protest in the city: Urban spatial restructuring and dissent in New York, 1960–2006

Rafail

2016

Urban Studies

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Accessible space is a necessary component of urban protest. Little research, however, has examined the spatial evolution of protest activity over time. Much of the existing research emphasises the legal right to protest, however, less effort has been made to examine how micro-contexts may facilitate or impede dissent. This research focuses on how the built environment of cities can serve as either attractors or detractors of protest using a unique geocoded sample of 6217 protest events taking place in New York City between 1960 and 2006. I use a spatial count model to examine the relationship between the built environment and protest intensity. The results point to significant shifts in where protests have occurred over time. Protests become increasingly spatially concentrated, with a disproportionate amount of activism taking place on or in close proximity to privately owned public spaces. Spaces in close proximity to powerful organisational or institutional targets also experience heightened protest activity. Overall, I show that the built environment, and the social relationships creating it, powerfully influence where dissent occurs. This is consistent with the advent of neoliberal policies directing urban spatial restructuring, which have brought about a process of structural funnelling for protest, ultimately making events more likely to occur in spaces that are hostile to mobilisation.

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Street Theater at Astor Place: The Silk Stocking Regiment and Antebellum Public Performance

Wirtschafter¹

2012

Berkeley Undergraduate Journal

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"Open to the People for Their Free Assembly": Tompkins Square Park, 1850-1880: Co-Winner of the 2010 JSH Student Essay Competition

Cited by 3 publications

References 16 publications

Contentious buildings: The struggle against eviction in NYC’s Lower East Side

Contentious buildings: The struggle against eviction in NYC’s Lower East Side

Protest in the city: Urban spatial restructuring and dissent in New York, 1960–2006

Street Theater at Astor Place: The Silk Stocking Regiment and Antebellum Public Performance

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