The Landscape of modernity : essays on New York City, 1900-1940 /
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| Imprint: | New York, N.Y. : Russell Sage Foundation, 1992. |
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| Description: | xiv, 370 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1310774 |
Table of Contents:
- Pt. I. Introduction. 1. Between Rationalism and Pluralism: Creating the Modern City / David Ward and Olivier Zunz
- Pt. II. Planning for New York City. 2. Regulating the Landscape: Real Estate Values, City Planning, and the 1916 Zoning Ordinance / Keith D. Revell. 3. Density and Intervention: New York's Planning Traditions / Marc A. Weiss. 4. Joining New York City to the Greater Metropolis: The Port Authority as Visionary, Target of Opportunity, and Opportunist / Jameson W. Doig. 5. The Regional Plan and the Transformation of the Industrial Metropolis / Robert Fishman
- Pt. III. Building the Vertical City. 6. Corporate Identity and the New York Office Building: 1895-1915 / Gail Fenske and Deryck Holdsworth. 7. Form Follows Finance: The Empire State Building / Carol Willis
- Pt. IV. Going from Home to Work. 8. Subways, Transit Politics, and Metropolitan Spatial Expansion / Clifton Hood. 9. Sweatshop Migrations: The Garment Industry Between Home and Shop / Nancy L. Green
- Pt. V. Fighting for Identity. 10. Little Italy's Decline: Immigrant Renters and Investors in a Changing City / Donna Gobaccia. 11. On the Fringes of the City: Jewish Neighborhoods in Three Boroughs / Deborah Dash Moore. 12. Cities of Light, Landscapes of Pleasure / David Nasaw. 13. "The Pushcart Evil" / Daniel Bluestone
- Pt. VI. Completing the Landscape. 14. Fiorello H. LaGuardia and the Challenge of Democratic Planning / Thomas Kessner.