Constructing the modern skyscraper
Subtitle: the politics and power of building New York City in the twentieth century
By: Benjamin Flowers.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780812241846
Subjects: Skyscrapers -- New York (State) -- New York; Architecture and society -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century; New York (N.Y.) -- Buildings, structures, etc
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. Narratives of the built environment : architecture, ideology, and skyscrapers; title: Pt. I. The Empire State Building : the setback skyscraper, the great Depression, and American modernism. Ch. 1. Building, money, and power; title: Ch. 2. Setback skyscrapers and American architectural development; title: Ch. 3. Capital nightmares; title: Ch. 4. The politics of American architecture in the 1930s; title: Pt. II. The Seagram Building : the ascension of the international style and a somber monument to corporate authority. Ch. 5. Architecture culture into the 1950s; title: Ch. 6. Clients and architect; title: Ch. 7. Gangland's grip on business; title: Ch. 8. Modern architecture and corporate America in the 1950s; title: Pt. III. The World Trade Center : urban renewal, global capitalism, and regeneration through violence. Ch. 9. Regeneration through violence; title: Ch. 10. The rhetoric and reality of urban renewal; title: Ch. 11. Cathedrals of commerce; title: Conclusion. Into the future; title: Epilogue; title: Notes; title: Index; title: Acknowledgments.