Designs on the public the private lives of New York's public spaces
Kristine F. Miller delves into six of New York's public spaces, including Times Square, Trump Tower, and Sony Plaza, to trace how design influences their complicated existence. Design is, in Miller's view, complicit in regulation of public spaces in New York City to exclude undesirables an...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Minneapolis
University of Minnesota Press
2007, ©2007
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Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | Kristine F. Miller delves into six of New York's public spaces, including Times Square, Trump Tower, and Sony Plaza, to trace how design influences their complicated existence. Design is, in Miller's view, complicit in regulation of public spaces in New York City to exclude undesirables and privilege commercial interests, and in this work she shows how design can reactivate public space and public life |
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Physical Description: | xxii, 180 pages illustrations, map |
ISBN: | 9780816649105 0816649103 9780816649099 081664909X |