{"product_id":"times-square-red-times-square-blue-20th-anniversary-edition","title":"Times Square Red, Times Square Blue 20th Anniversary Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwentieth anniversary edition of a landmark book that cataloged a vibrant but disappearing neighborhood in New York City\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the two decades that preceded the original publication of \u003ci\u003eTimes Square Red, Times Square Blue\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003ci\u003eTimes Square Red, Times Square Blue\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67618582790387,"sku":"9781479827770","price":41.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/7432\/5312\/files\/imageloader_c09bba53-e61f-48a3-8204-f8ef40791c00.jpg?v=1790879939","url":"https:\/\/letterpressplay.mom\/en-ca\/products\/times-square-red-times-square-blue-20th-anniversary-edition","provider":"Letterpress PLAY","version":"1.0","type":"link"}