Author: Amy Starecheski

Amy Starecheski is a cultural anthropologist and oral historian whose research focuses on the use of oral history in social movements and the politics of urban property. She is the Co-Director of the Oral History MA Program at Columbia University. Her book, Ours to Lose: When Squatters Became Homeowners in New York City, was published in 2016 by the University of Chicago Press.

Amy Starecheski

The Transformation of One of New York City’s Most Famous Squats #MeadCompetition

January, 2017 / By Amy Starecheski

The notorious C-Squat has become a kind of “house society” in which people are tied together by their connection to […]