Imagining New York City

Imagining New York City
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 241
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ISBN-10 : 9780195375145
ISBN-13 : 0195375149
Rating : 4/5 (45 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Imagining New York City by : Christoph Lindner

Download or read book Imagining New York City written by Christoph Lindner and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using examples from architecture, film, literature, and the visual arts, this wide-ranging book examines the significance of New York City in the urban imaginary between 1890 and 1940. In particular, Imagining New York City considers how and why certain city spaces-such as the skyline, the sidewalk, the slum, and the subway-have come to emblematize key aspects of the modern urban condition. In so doing, Christoph Lindner also considers the ways in which cultural developments in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries set the stage for more recent responses to a variety of urban challenges facing the city, such as post-disaster recovery, the renewal of urban infrastructure, and the remaking of public space.


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