Insuring the city
Subtitle: the Prudential Center and the postwar urban landscape
By: Elihu Rubin
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New Haven [Conn.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780300170184
Subjects: Buildings, structures; City planning; Office buildings; History
Other titles: Prudential Center and the postwar urban landscape
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. Insuring the city; title: Extra dividends : Prudential's urban vision; title: "I hate Boston" : setting the stage; title: "We believe in Boston" : the politics of the Prudential Center; title: A closed loop : the pike and the Pru; title: Designing the Center : the business of architecture; title: The legacy of the Prudential Center : confidence, criticism, and change.