{"product_id":"welcome-to-fear-city-tote-bag","title":"Welcome to Fear City Tote Bag","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eWelcome to Fear City! Our exclusive Fear City Tote Bag features a wonderfully creepy grim reaper skull illustration and text from a 1975 pamphlet titled \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eWelcome to Fear City. A Survival Guide for Visitors to the City of New York\u003c\/i\u003e. The pamphlet was aimed to discourage tourists from visiting New York City. Our Fear City tote is aimed to encourage \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #222222;\"\u003eretrospection. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #222222;\"\u003eDistressed design in pewter-colored ink on black fabric\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #222222;\"\u003e12oz 100% cotton canvas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #222222;\"\u003efull side and bottom gusset\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #222222;\"\u003e24 in. web handles with 11 in. drop\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eThe \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eWelcome to Fear City \u003c\/i\u003epamphlet was published by the Council for Public Safety \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #222222;\"\u003e(a consortium of municipal labor unions at the height of New York’s fiscal crisis. T\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eeachers, police, firemen, and sanitation workers were furloughed, while gangs proliferated, abandoned buildings were set on fire, and garbage piled up on city streets. In response, and as a form of protest, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #222222;\"\u003eThe Council for Public Safety created and distributed one million Fear City “survival guide” pamphlets urging visitors to stay away. This propaganda was possibly one of the boldest public pressure campaigns in the City’s history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #222222;\"\u003eOur Welcome to Fear City tote was produced on the occasion of the exhibition \u003cem\u003eYou Should Be Dancing: New York, 1976 and Beyond\u003c\/em\u003e, on view October 2, 2026 - April 4, 2027.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GALCO","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47145944613063,"sku":"26009","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/3295\/files\/26009.jpg?v=1789154510","url":"https:\/\/shop.nyhistory.org\/products\/welcome-to-fear-city-tote-bag","provider":"The New York Historical NYHistory Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}