New York New York! : urban spaces dreamscapes contested territories Once a center of transatlantic cultural exchange and the avant garde arts New York City has transformed into a global metropolis. This book traces a shift that took shape as cultural practices and media underwent dramatic changes: it takes us from modernist visions of urban sublimity to postmodernist cityscapes; from Hart Cranes Brooklyn Bridge to the Flushing Meadows fairgrounds; from Mina Loys poetics to Klaus Nomis transgressive musical performances and Jem Cohens multimedia experiments; from Martin Scorseses Taxi Driver and the Magnum Photos portfolio to post 9 11 cinema and the photo blogs of the internet age. As we visit these urban spaces and dreamscapes we enter territories that remain contested dynamic locales in a city that keeps unfolding its transformative force Provided by publisher