Times Square Red, Times Square Blue 20th Anniversary Edition

Title: Times Square Red, Times Square Blue 20th Anniversary Edition Author: Samuel R Delany ISBN: 9781479827770 Publisher: NYU Press Published: 2019 Binding: Paperback Language: English Condition: New New from the publisher Social Science 1623204 Publisher Description: Twentieth anniversary edition of a landmark book that cataloged a vibrant but disappearing neighborhood in New York City In the two decades that preceded the original publication of Times Square Red, Times Square Blue, Forty-second 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. Sam