Times Square Red Times Square Blue 20th Anniversary Edition by Samuel R. Delany Paperback Book 9781479827770

Twentieth anniversary edition of a landmark book that cataloged a vibrant but disappearing neighborhood in New York CityIn the two decades that preceded the original publication of Times Square Red Times Square Blue Fortysecond 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 childrens theater and large neonlit cafes Samuel R Delany saw a disappearance not only of the old Times Square but of the complex social relationships that developed thereSamuel 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 treefilled parks to a citys physical and psychological landscapeThis twentieth anniversary edition includes a new foreword by Robert ReidPharr that traces the importance and continued resonances of Samuel R Delanys groundbreaking Times Square Red Times Square Blue