Floating City (34 page)

wine tasting,
48
–49,
133
–34,
224

Harvey, David,
37

Hell's Kitchen,
4
,
5
,
55
–56,
60
,
95
,
111
,
147
,
215

hipsters,
112
,
114

homeless,
72
–73

immigrants,
93
–94,
177
,
202

underground railroad for,
97

informational cities,
176

international law,
173

Internet:

entrepreneurs,
98

prostitution and,
111
–12,
114
,
252

Janowitz, Morris,
85

J.B. (Junebug),
13
–18,
21
,
22
,
159
–61,
215
–16,
226
–29,
235
–38,
253
–54,
256
,
257
,
265

film career of,
159
,
160
,
215
,
226
,
229
–30,
235
–37,
255
,
256
,
268

Shine and,
255

Jimmy,
261
–64

johns,
186
,
194
–95

emotional exchange and,
187
–88,
193
–95

Jonathan,
192
–95

Martin,
186
–89,
191
–95,
203
–6,
250
,
257
–58

money exchange as protection for,
187
–88

Nate,
192
–95

Jo Jo,
221
–25,
256

Jonathan,
192
–95

Joshi,
77
–79,
81
–82,
88
,
91
,
162
,
263

Juan,
157
–58,
165
,
207
–13,
237
–39

Jung, Carl,
236

Karina,
171
–72,
173

Kate,
230
–34,
237
–38,
267

Kerry, Margot,
147
,
149
–55,
158
,
163
–74,
175
–83,
224
,
257
,
263
–65,
271

background of,
152
–53

Carla and,
163
–66,
189
–90,
196
–98,
199
,
200
,
251
–53,
258
–60

financial advice given by,
245
–48

finishing school of,
199
–201

as madam,
154
–55,
163
–66,
168
–73,
176
,
181
–83,
185
,
189
–92,
199
–201,
215
,
230
,
232
–33,
238
,
245
–49,
251
,
252
,
264

sex business quit by,
264
,
270

strip clubs and,
180
–81

Khan, Shamus,
224

Kimberly,
219
,
221
–25

Kings County Hospital,
118

Kotlowitz, Alex,
105

Kozol, Jonathan,
105

Kristina,
83
–86

La Bodega de la Familia,
103
–4

Latino community,
103
–4

law,
171

international,
173

Levitt, Steven,
54
,
98
,
130

Liebow, Elliot,
145

London,
37
,
39
,
172
,
176

Louise,
165

Lower East Side,
63
,
98
,
103
,
104
,
110

Madrigal, Father,
113
,
115
,
118
–20,
122
–24

Manhattan Nights,
172

see also
Kerry, Margot

Manjun,
56
–63,
65
–71,
73
,
77
,
80
–81,
84
–86,
88
,
91
,
94
,
111
,
138
,
143
–46,
154
,
155
,
162
,
172
–73,
175
,
223
,
225
,
231
,
257
,
265
,
266
,
270
–72

disappearance of,
88
,
91
,
95
–96,
146

drug trade and,
89
,
91
,
96

forced prostitution and,
91
–92

shop of,
56
–59,
61
–63,
65
,
69
–72,
76
,
77
–80,
82
–84,
86
–90,
150

thief and,
80
,
82
,
89
,
91

Margot,
see
Kerry, Margot

Marjorie,
204

Martin,
186
–89,
191
–95,
203
–6,
250
,
257
–58

Marx, Karl,
209

Max,
21

McCombs, Silvia,
105
–9

Merton, Robert,
27
,
167
,
217

Michael (acquaintance of Analise),
160

Michael (acquaintance of Shine),
127
,
128
,
129

Michael (brother of Shine),
155
–57

Midtown,
4
,
62
,
63
,
74
,
83
–84,
97
,
98
,
102
,
126
,
129
,
149

Mills, C. Wright,
27
–28,
167

Morgan,
245
–48

Mortimer,
see
Conover, Mortimer

Moynihan Report,
144

Nate,
192
–95

New York,
271
–72

Chelsea,
3
,
56
,
63

Chicago contrasted with,
8
,
24
,
31
,
32
,
33
,
42
,
56
,
62
,
201
,
269
–71

contrasts in,
38
–39

East Village,
132

gentrification in,
4
,
38
,
55
–56,
177

as global city,
5
,
37
–40,
93
–94,
137
,
172
,
176
,
177
,
201
,
215
,
269
–70

Greenpoint,
114

Harlem,
31
,
35
–37,
59
–60,
74
,
99
,
102
,
105
,
209
–10

underground economy in,
36
–37,
39
–40,
175

Hell's Kitchen,
4
,
5
,
55
–56,
60
,
95
,
111
,
147
,
215

hipsters in,
112
,
114

immigrants in,
93
–95,
97
,
177
,
202

Latino community in,
103
–4

Lower East Side,
63
,
98
,
103
,
104
,
110

mainstream economy in,
39

Midtown,
4
,
62
,
63
,
74
,
83
–84,
97
,
98
,
102
,
126
,
129
,
149

poverty in,
94

sex work in,
see
sex industry

sociology and,
23
–25

Soho,
3
,
132
,
149

suburbanization of,
95

Times Square area,
76

Wall Street,
4
,
63
,
129
,
203

Williamsburg,
114

New York, underground economy in,
1
–2,
24
,
41
–42,
61
–62,
86
–87,
98
,
177
,
242

apartment renting and,
84

bank accounts and,
83
,
84
,
87

black market,
76
,
137
,
176
,
177
,
233
,
242
,
243

wealthy young philanthropists and,
104

day laborers in,
72
–73

drugs,
see
drugs, drug dealing

as floating community,
53
–54,
58

in Harlem,
36
–37,
39
–40,
175

health care and,
83
,
84

sex work,
see
sex industry

Social Security and,
77

spread into surrounding world,
71

violence in,
89
,
196
–97

9/11 attacks,
97

Ninth Avenue Family Video,
56
–59,
61
–63,
65
,
69
–72,
76
,
77
–80,
82
–84,
86
–90,
150

Park, Robert,
29

Patriot Act,
97

philanthropists, young,
104
–10,
132

black market and,
104

poor,
23
,
94
,
201
–2,
225

hard work and resilience among,
143
–46

stereotypes about,
143
–44

welfare and,
106

Silvia and,
106
,
108
,
109

porn shops,
68
–69,
71
,
72
,
74
,
90
,
202

of Manjun,
56
–59,
61
–63,
65
,
69
–72,
76
,
77
–80,
82
–84,
86
–90,
150

of Santosh,
74
–75,
88

poverty,
see
poor

prostitution, prostitutes,
1
–2,
22
,
26
,
42
–44,
52
,
75
–76,
110
–11,
177

Analise and,
17
–23,
25
,
26
,
135
,
158
–59,
215
–29,
232
–33,
237
,
242
–43,
254
,
255
,
267

Angela and,
56
–60,
62
,
71
,
72
,
78
,
83
–88,
98
,
104
,
110
–25,
135
–39

aspiring artist types and,
184
–85

Azad and,
75
–76

Brittany and,
11
–13,
17
–18,
20
,
21
,
159
,
160
,
220
–222,
226
,
234
,
237
–41

Carla and,
see
Carla Consuelo

Cathy and,
183
–89,
190
,
204

Cincy and,
112
–16,
118
,
121
–24

clients and,
see
sex industry clients

escort services,
see
escort services

exit strategies and,
232
–33,
245
–48

female empowerment and,
232

forced,
91
–92

high-end,
182
–85,
192
,
202
,
205
,
252
,
263
;
see also
escort services

Internet and,
111
–12,
114
,
252

Jo Jo and,
221
–25,
256

Kimberly and,
219
,
221
–25

Manjun and,
91
–92

Margot Kerry and,
149
–55,
163
–66,
168
–73,
176
,
181
–83,
185
,
189
–92,
199
–201,
215
,
230
,
232
–33,
238
,
245
–49,
251
,
252
,
264

Santosh and,
74

street,
42
–43,
71
,
73
,
78
,
84
,
98

Vonnie and,
110
–25,
135
–39,
141

women from business world in,
184
–85

Rajesh,
75
–76,
91
,
98

revanchist policies,
177

Ricky,
198
,
258

Santosh,
74
–76,
88
,
90
–93,
97
–98,
145
–46,
231
,
233
,
270
,
271

Sassen, Saskia,
37
,
38