{"product_id":"times-square-red-times-square-blue-20th-anniversary-edition","title":"Times Square Red Times Square Blue (20th Anniversary Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the two decades that preceded the original publication of \u003cem\u003eTimes Square Red, Times Square Blue\u003c\/em\u003e, 42nd Street, then the most infamous street in America, was being remade into a sanitized tourist haven. In the forced disappearance of porn theaters, peep shows, and street hustlers to make room for a Disney store, a children’s theater, and large, neon-lit cafes, Samuel R. Delany saw a disappearance, not only of the old Times Square, but of the complex social relationships that developed there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSamuel R. Delany bore witness to the dismantling of the institutions that promoted points of contact between people of different classes and races in a public space, and in this hybrid text, argues for the necessity of public restrooms and tree-filled parks to a city’s physical and psychological landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis twentieth anniversary edition includes a new foreword by Robert Reid-Pharr that traces the importance and continued resonances of Samuel R. Delany’s groundbreaking work. [publishers’ note]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith photographs by Stephen Shore, unfortunately very badly printed. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57357325893972,"sku":"A8B-26806","price":26.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1072\/9609\/6596\/files\/times_square_1.jpg?v=1790811888","url":"https:\/\/after8books.com\/products\/times-square-red-times-square-blue-20th-anniversary-edition","provider":"After 8 Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}