Chinatown Needs Housing Not Jail

Title: Chinatown Needs Housing Not Jail

Author: Orr, Daylon and Canal Street Research Association

Publication: [New York, NY]: Fugitive Materials, 2022.

Description: A zine about the history of protests in Manhattan's Chinatown against the construction of jails in the neighborhood. Published in June 2022 in the wake of plans to build a newly expanded jail in Chinatown. First edition, limited to 100 copies. In stapled pictorial wrappers. Color and black-and-white illustrations throughout, depicting archival documents and photographs. 8.5 x 5.5 inches; 16 pages. A clean and crisp copy. Fine. From the publisher: "Chinatown Needs Housing Not Jail explores the history of the Lower Manhattan jail site, the 'Tombs' and the interwoven histories that led to the current mobilization against jail expansion. Sparked by the discovery of four placards worn by demonstrators against Mayor Ed Koch's expansion of the jail in 1982, the publication includes documentation of the signs along with archival images and texts about the history of the site by Daylon Orr and Canal Street Research Association."