Publisher's Synopsis
A challenge to creatively rethink the planning and urban design of Fulton Street and other urban shopping districts, Profit & Loss: Shopping, Planning, and Politics on Fulton Street will serve as a guide to the street?s history and to its place in the commercial culture of New York. It features two essays on Fulton Street, which weave commentary together with archival and contemporary images and texts. The essays highlight major transformations to the street from the1900s to the present and analyze the role of the shopping district in generating dialogue about race, class, and culture via urban design.
