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Ours to Lose When Squatters Became Homeowners in New York City

Amy Starecheski

Though New York’s Lower East Side today is home to high-end condos and hip restaurants, it was for decades an infamous site of blight, open-air drug dealing, and class conflict—an emblematic example of the tattered state of 1970s and ’80s Manhattan.

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The podcast episode was based on this book, which detailed how squatters in New York City became homeowners.

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Thanks also to Alex Vasudevan, author of The Autonomous City. Thanks to Dr. Amy Starcheski, who provided us with oral history interviews with the Lower East Side squatters. This episode is based on he...

— Episode: Squatters of the Lower East Side

Episode: Squatters of the Lower East Side

The podcast episode was based on this book, which detailed how squatters in New York City became homeowners.

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Thanks also to Alex Vasudevan, author of The Autonomous City. Thanks to Dr. Amy Starcheski, who provided us with oral history interviews with the Lower East Side squatters. This episode is based on her book called Ours to Lose, When Squatters Became Homeowners in New York City.

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